envisioned

Saw in mind

Envisioned is the past tense of envision, meaning to picture something in the mind, especially something that doesn't yet exist: She envisioned a future where everyone had access to clean water.

The word often appears in contexts of planning, imagination, or aspiration—what someone hoped or intended something to become: The architect envisioned a building that would blend into the landscape.

creative

imagined

Formed in the mind

designed · ideated · brainstormed · innovated · invented · crafted · devised · formulated · originated · pictured

prophetic

prophecy

Foretelling of future events

foretold · anticipated · divined · augured · portended · presaged · prognosticated · intuited · glimpsed · perceived

planned

blueprint

Detailed technical drawing

outline · schematic · proposal · design · layout · agenda · scheme · draft · sketch · projection

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Opposites
imagined vs. actual existence

envisionedreal

Truly existing, not fake

actual · realized · materialized · actualized · existent

mental attention and consideration

envisioneddisregarded

Not given consideration

ignored · unimagined · overlooked · neglected · dismissed

temporal orientation

envisionedremembered

Brought back to mind

recalled · recollected · retrospected · experienced · witnessed

Family

envision, envisioning, envisions

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G