conjure up
Bring to mind
To conjure up is to bring something into existence or mind as if by magic.
You might conjure up a mental image, conjure up memories of childhood, or conjure up enthusiasm you don't feel.
The phrase suggests summoning something from nothing: She conjured up a meal from leftovers, The music conjured up feelings of nostalgia.
Related to conjure in its sense of summoning spirits.
Soul, mood, or liquor
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- ghostApparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
entity · séance · medium · necromancy · pentagram · incantation · ritual · invocation
Mind's retention capacity
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
recall · association · trigger · sensory · impression · resonate · wistful · poignant
Become physically present
- appearBecome perceptible to sight
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- createCause to exist
- generateCause to come into being
produce · bring forth · whip up · rustle up · magic up · improvise · devise · concoct
Ability to see
- mental imageInternal visual representation
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
mind's eye · picture · envision · conceive · image · figment · scenario · dreamscape
spirit
Soul, mood, or liquor
apparition · entity · séance · medium · necromancy · pentagram · incantation · ritual · invocation · spell
memory
Mind's retention capacity
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- recollectionRecalled mental image
flashback · recall · association · trigger · sensory · impression · resonate · wistful · poignant · yearning
materialize
Become physically present
generate · produce · bring forth · whip up · rustle up · magic up · improvise · devise · concoct · fabricate
vision
Ability to see
- mental imageInternal visual representation
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
fantasy · mind's eye · picture · envision · conceive · image · figment · scenario · dreamscape · fanciful
- inventinvent, devise, create, conceive, come up with
- chew overchew, ruminate, mull over, ponder, contemplate