imaginary worlds
Fictional places dreamed
Imaginary worlds are fictional settings created for stories, games, or speculation—places that exist only in the mind or on the page.
Middle-earth, Narnia, and the Star Trek universe are imaginary worlds with their own geographies, histories, and rules.
The term also applies to private fantasies: She retreated into an imaginary world where her father was still alive.
Worldbuilding is the craft of constructing such settings in elaborate detail.
- dreamscapesImaginary sleeping vistas
- make believeImaginative fantasy play
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
- enchanted forestsMagical woodland settings
- secret gardensEnclosed private growing spaces
dragons · kingdoms · parallel universes · dystopias · magic · alternate timelines · mythical creatures · alien civilizations · surreal imagery · metaverses · fictional worlds · alternate realities · Neverland · elves · wizards · dream sequences · fantasy · space travel
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- speculative fictionsci-fi, science fiction, dystopia, fantasy, futurism
- fantasy & humorfairy tales, tall tales, whimsy, absurdist fiction, fables
- fictional mapsfantasy maps, treasure maps, fictional worlds, Neverland, Atlantis
- imaginary thingsfantasies, make-believe, make believe, pretend, daydreams
- whimsywhimsy, whim, fairies, caprice, unicorns
imaginary worldsreality
What actually exists
objective reality · existence · actuality · this world · terra firma