envisions

Sees in mind

Envisions means to picture something in the mind, especially something that doesn't yet exist.

The word carries a sense of imagination directed toward the future—planning, hoping, or predicting: She envisions a career in medicine, The architect envisions a building that blends into the landscape.

To envision is to see mentally what you want to create or achieve.

foresight

anticipates

Expects before it happens

projects · expects · prepares · discerns · perceives · intuits · prophesies · prognosticates · divines · augurs

imagines

visualizes

Forms mental pictures

imagines · dreams · daydreams · fantasizes · sees · perceives · contemplates · ideates · fancies · projects

aspiration

dreams

Involuntary sleep visions

desires · wishes · yearns · aims · strives · goals · ambitions · ideals · possibilities · potentials

creativity

innovates

Creates novel solutions

devises · designs · conceives · imagines · ideates · brainstorms · conceptualizes · pioneers · crafts · inspires

planning

blueprints

Technical construction drawings

maps · schemes · drafts · formulates · conceptualizes · prepares · organizes · coordinates · architects · develops

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Opposites
mental perception vs. direct sensory perception

envisionsobserves

Perceives and notes

witnesses · perceives · experiences · senses · beholds

imaginative projection vs. cognitive disengagement

envisionsignores

Refuses to acknowledge

overlooks · disregards · dismisses · neglects · forgets

hopeful projection vs. dismissal of possibility

envisionsdoubts

Feelings of uncertainty

rejects · discounts · writes off

Family

envision, envisioned, envisioning

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G