IMAGINING Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in theory

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verb

present participle of imagine

as in envisioning

to form a mental picture of she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined

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as in thinking

to have as an opinion I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it

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as in guessing

to form an opinion from little or no evidence I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin

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Recent Examples of imagining

Noun

This 1787 imagining, by architect and designer Felice Soave and Giocondo Albertolli, was the setting for a love affair between Giuditta Cantù Turino, the frescoist Appiano’s great-niece, and Vincenzo Bellini, Italy’s most romantic and melodramatic operatic composer. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Parsons was already deeply enmeshed in imagining, and visualizing, strange new worlds online. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026 The most tangible example is the Magic Pointer, a re-imagining of the cursor. —

Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The classical re-imagining of Mellon Collie was unveiled last November at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago. —

Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026 Full Moon isn’t all force; in Brandy’s imagining, the record would serve as an exploration of an entire relationship, and fittingly the love songs here shine. —

Jackson Howard, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2026 Article continues below Maul is a dirtier, grungier imagining of the Star Wars universe, leaning into the darker moments of shows like The Clone Wars and Rebels. —

Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026 And in unassuming buildings scattered across Los Angeles, a reiterative imagining of community theater would continue, one Thursday night at a time. —

Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026 The museum’s Sunday conversation series, created in partnership with the Othering & Belonging Institute, is set to explore the topic of radical public imagining. —

Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2026

Verb

The American media look here like fools, as does the conspiratorial mirror image imagining a vast secret US operation. —

Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 June 2026 Yet readers aren’t imagining the sticker shock. —

Josh Rivera, USA Today, 14 June 2026 So for an enthusiast, imagining the RAD versions of those cars is pretty exciting, putting aside the fact that these are already high-performance cars. —

Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026 So Andersen arrived, imagining that the children would adore him and his work the way Danish children did. —

Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 10 June 2026 Spend time imagining or journaling about your best possible self. —

Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026 Though Savage’s silence is shocking in the context of imagining these people all working together as children, blocking someone’s number is not an inherently violent action. —

Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 June 2026 Also, not only putting it into my body first, but feeling it in my body, imagining that. —

Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Follow the trails that wind through the gardens and orchard, then sit by the Boathouse Lake, taking in views of the house, and imagining the lives of those who once called it home. —

Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 2 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagining

Noun

For a lender, the practical question is not whether the theory still exists.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
If that theory still holds, putative 2028 Democratic candidate Rahm Emanuel has an early advantage — in the bike lane.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2026