envisioning
Seeing in mind
Envisioning is forming a mental picture of something, especially something that doesn't yet exist.
The word suggests imagination directed toward possibility—a future state, a completed project, an ideal outcome: She spent months envisioning what the renovated space would look like.
Envisioning is more deliberate than merely imagining; it implies focused visualization, often as a step toward making something real.
Form a mental notion
- pictureVisual depiction of something
- imagineForm mental pictures
- foreseePredict future events
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
dream · fantasize · daydream · perceive · conceptualize · intuit · speculate · conjure
Detailed technical drawing
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- outliningTracing outer contours
preparation · goals · milestones · trajectory · agenda · projections · coordination · scheduling
Ability to anticipate futures
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- ambitionsGoals one strives toward
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
destiny · horizon · anticipation · expectations · forecasts · prognosis · utopia · possibilities
Generating many ideas freely
- innovationCreating something original
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- ideationForming mental concepts
inventiveness · originality · creativity · conceptualize · ingenuity · unconventional · blue-sky · reimagining
conceive
Form a mental notion
contemplate · dream · fantasize · daydream · perceive · conceptualize · intuit · speculate · conjure · ponder
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
outlining · preparation · goals · milestones · trajectory · agenda · projections · coordination · scheduling · workflow
foresight
Ability to anticipate futures
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- ambitionsGoals one strives toward
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
prospects · destiny · horizon · anticipation · expectations · forecasts · prognosis · utopia · possibilities · potential
brainstorming
Generating many ideas freely
- innovationCreating something original
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
ideation · inventiveness · originality · creativity · conceptualize · ingenuity · unconventional · blue-sky · reimagining · world-building
- creativityimagination, creativity, brainstorming, unique voice, inspiration
- foresightforesight, precognition, futurology, forethought, premonition
- imaginationimagination, daydreaming, daydreams, fantasies, fantasy
- imaginingimagining, picturing, conceiving, daydreaming, fantasizing
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- perceptionsee, seeing, senses, observing, watching
envisioningperceiving
Becoming conscious of something
observing · witnessing · seeing · experiencing · sensing
envisioningignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · dismissing · overlooking · neglecting · rejecting
envisioningremembering
Retaining past information
recalling · recollecting · reminiscing · looking back · retrospecting
vision, visible, television, visual, revise, provisions, visionary, supervise, provision