conceive
Form an idea
Conceive means to form something in the mind—an idea, a plan, an image.
I can't conceive of a reason to refuse.
The word also means to become pregnant: They conceived their first child that summer.
The connection is generative: whether mental or physical, conceive is about bringing something new into being.
Add nutrients to soil
- impregnateCause conception or saturation
- begetTo father or cause
- procreateGenerate offspring sexually
- gestateCarry during pregnancy
pregnancy · embryo · fetus · womb · ovum · sperm · fertility · implantation
Picture in thought
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- fantasizeIndulge in wishful thinking
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
foresee · anticipate · conjure · picture · ideate · brainstorm · formulate · devise
To come into existence
- deviseCreate through ingenuity
- designPurposeful creative planning
- developCause gradual growth
- formulateCreate methodically
generate · invent · innovate · craft · engineer · forge · construct · produce
Accept as true tentatively
- thinkProcess with the mind
- believeAccept as true
- considerThink about carefully
- regardAttentive consideration given
hold · deem · reckon · fancy · imagine · presume · assume · surmise
Seize or understand
- comprehendTo fully understand
- fathomNautical depth unit
- perceiveBecome conscious of
- apprehendSeize or understand
realize · discern · see · recognize · appreciate · follow · get · understand
fertilize
Add nutrients to soil
- impregnateCause conception or saturation
- begetTo father or cause
- procreateGenerate offspring sexually
gestate · pregnancy · embryo · fetus · womb · ovum · sperm · fertility · implantation · zygote
envision
Picture in thought
daydream · foresee · anticipate · conjure · picture · ideate · brainstorm · formulate · devise · contrive
originate
To come into existence
formulate · generate · invent · innovate · craft · engineer · forge · construct · produce · establish
suppose
Accept as true tentatively
regard · hold · deem · reckon · fancy · imagine · presume · assume · surmise · conjecture
grasp
Seize or understand
- comprehendTo fully understand
- fathomNautical depth unit
- perceiveBecome conscious of
apprehend · realize · discern · see · recognize · appreciate · follow · get · understand · cognition
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
- inventinvent, devise, create, come up with, think up
- understandingunderstand, comprehend, grasp, fathom, follow
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
conceivemisunderstand
Grasp incorrectly
misconceive · misapprehend · misperceive · misconstrue · misinterpret
- conceited personOne with inflated self-regard
conceited, conceit, conceived, conceivable, inconceivable, conceiving, conceives, conceivably, misconceive