Word

imagination, n.
(imaginations)
freq. cnt. 29

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 2

imagination imaginativeness vision

sample sentences

"popular imagination created a world of demons"
"imagination reveals what the world could be"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

imagine

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

imaginative

semantic pointers

hypernym

creativity, creativeness, creative thinking

hyponym

imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place fancy fantasy, phantasy dream, dreaming imaginary being, imaginary creature

the ability to form mental images of things or events
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

imagery imagination imaging mental imagery

sample sentences

"he could still hear her in his imagination"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

imagine

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

image

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

image

semantic pointers

hypernym

representational process

hyponym

mind's eye vision picturing, envisioning dream, dreaming chimera, chimaera evocation pretense, pretence, make-believe

the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

imagination resource resourcefulness

sample sentences

"a man of resource"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

resourceful

semantic pointers

hypernym

cleverness, inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity

hyponym

inventory, armory, armoury