Antonyms for imagination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-maj-uh-ney-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən |
Definition of imagination
Origin :- "faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images," mid-14c., ymaginacion, from Old French imaginacion "concept, mental picture; hallucination," from Latin imaginationem (nominative imaginatio) "imagination, a fancy," noun of action from past participle stem of imaginari (see imagine).
- noun power to create in one's mind
- Moreover, I believe, dearest Eudora, that half your wrongs are in your own imagination.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The miseries of Tasso arose not only from the imagination and the heart.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Hitherto he had heard their voices in the dimness of imagination.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Those who have Imagination live in a land of enchantment which the eyes of others cannot see.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- However, I am going to give my imagination rein, and string some rhymes about them.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- But his faith in the France of his imagination was not daunted.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- It seemed almost too great a stretch for even her imagination.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Since he had no imagination, he could have no real sympathy.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- With his lack of imagination, he could not interpret what this time must mean to the girl before him.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
Synonyms for imagination
- acuteness
- artistry
- awareness
- chimera
- cognition
- conception
- creation
- creative thought
- creativity
- enterprise
- fabrication
- fancy
- fantasy
- flight of fancy
- idea
- ideality
- illusion
- image
- imagery
- ingenuity
- insight
- inspiration
- intelligence
- invention
- inventiveness
- mental agility
- notion
- originality
- perceptibility
- realization
- resourcefulness
- sally
- supposition
- thought
- thoughtfulness
- unreality
- verve
- vision
- visualization
- wit
- wittiness
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