envisaged
Saw in mind
Envisaged is the past tense of envisage, meaning to picture mentally or contemplate as a possibility: The architects envisaged a building that would blend with its surroundings.
More common in British English than American, where envision dominates.
The word often appears in discussions of plans, proposals, or future scenarios: The treaty envisaged gradual disarmament over ten years.
Formed in the mind
- conceivedOriginated in thought
- visualizedFormed mental imagery
- picturedFormed mental representation
- foreseenPredicted before occurring
contemplated · anticipated · projected · predicted · hypothesized · theorized · formulated · devised
imagined
Formed in the mind
- conceivedOriginated in thought
- visualizedFormed mental imagery
- picturedFormed mental representation
foreseen · contemplated · anticipated · projected · predicted · hypothesized · theorized · formulated · devised · planned
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
framework · outline · design · proposal · projection · agenda · goal · objective · target · milestone
dream
Sleeping mind's narrative
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- pictureVisual depiction of something
- imageVisual or mental likeness
illusion · daydream · reverie · figment · notion · ideal · possibility · prospect · aspiration · hope
envisagedunconceived
Not yet thought of
unimagined · unthought-of · unforeseen · uncontemplated · undreamt-of
envisagedwitnessed
Saw firsthand
observed · experienced · seen · perceived · beheld
envisageddisregarded
Not given consideration
ignored · overlooked · neglected · dismissed · discounted