Synonyms of imaging

imaging 1 of 2

noun

as in visualization

Related Words

• visualization
• fiction
• fabrication
• concoction
• invention
• envisaging
• utopia
• idea
• cloudland
• nightmare
• fable
• cloud-cuckoo-land
• brainchild
• mirage
• pipe dream
• Shangri-la
• illusion
• ignis fatuus
• hallucination
• unreality
• chimera
• vision
• delusion
• daydream
• dream
• will-o'-the-wisp
• phantasm
• fantasy
• daymare
• conceit
• figment
• fancy
• nonentity

Dissimilar Words

• fact
• reality
• actuality

imaging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of image

1

as in depicting

to present a picture of

in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depicting
• portraying
• representing
• describing
• picturing
• rendering
• documenting
• sketching
• delineating
• outlining
• showing
• illustrating
• silhouetting
• diagramming
• caricaturing

2

as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words

the brochure images a vacation at the resort in language that makes you want to make a reservation this instant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• depicting
• portraying
• rendering
• painting
• setting out
• sketching
• characterizing
• illustrating
• delineating
• drawing
• defining
• picturing
• reporting
• limning
• recounting
• labeling
• relating
• outlining
• representing
• summarizing
• showing
• displaying
• telling
• narrating
• demonstrating
• tracing
• exhibiting
• qualifying
• suggesting
• hinting
• reciting
• reimaging
• rehearsing
• summing up
• drafting
• vignetting
• silhouetting
• touching off
• redescribing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distorting
• coloring
• twisting
• warping
• misrepresenting
• falsifying
• perverting
• misstating
• misdescribing
• garbling

3

as in reflecting

to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would

the burnished chrome fixtures imaged the jewelry store's glittery merchandise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reflecting
• mirroring
• cloning
• copying
• reproducing
• replicating
• duplicating
• imitating
• repeating
• reduplicating

4

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of

anyone who still images the cape's coastline as a scene of unspoiled beauty is in for a rude awakening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagining
• seeing
• envisioning
• visualizing
• picturing
• dreaming
• conceiving
• visioning
• featuring
• planning
• conjuring (up)
• conceiting
• fantasizing
• envisaging
• fancying
• fantasying
• contemplating
• ideating
• reflecting
• manufacturing
• daydreaming
• stargazing
• hallucinating
• reliving
• pondering
• projecting
• musing
• ruminating
• reminiscing
• inventing
• meditating
• foreseeing
• re-creating
• making up
• concocting
• fabricating
• prefiguring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imaging

Noun

This is partly due to common symptoms between certain types of cancer and pregnancy, but also because physicians (and patients) are reluctant to perform imaging during pregnancy, which delays biopsies and management. — Elyce Cardonick, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

Some of his own research has led to cheaper, faster MRI imaging; most of it has been about curiosity, wonder, and play. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

Verb

The imaging agent finishes its analysis without telling the assessment agent it’s done. — Jakob Freund, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Ask a professional to check the walls with a thermal imaging camera to identify where insulation is lacking. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2026