imagined
Pictured but unreal
Imagined describes something formed in the mind rather than perceived through the senses or existing in reality.
An imagined threat may feel real but isn't.
The town was smaller than I had imagined.
What's imagined can be creative—an imagined world in fiction—or mistaken: The slight was entirely imagined.
Imaginative planner of futures
- inventiveShowing original thought
- conceptualizedFormed as abstract idea
- brainstormedGenerated ideas freely
- envisionedMentally pictured beforehand
conjured · devised · dreamed up · conceived · inspired · original · innovative · artistic
Not real, invented
- inventedCreated something new
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- made-upFabricated, not factual
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
concocted · mythical · storied · legendary · apocryphal · fictional character · narrative · tale
Of folklore, not fact
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- enchantedUnder magical influence
- magicalPossessing supernatural power
- fairy-taleMagical children's story
legendary · make-believe · whimsical · wondrous · otherworldly · dragon · unicorn · wizard
Imagined while asleep
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- visionAbility to see
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
lucid · nightmarish · prophetic · sleep · nocturnal · drowsy · restless · vivid
Perceived nonexistent stimuli
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- illusoryFalsely appearing to exist
- apparitionalResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
mirage · figment · delusion · chimera · phantasmal · ghostly · perceived · false
Based on hypothesis, untested
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- conjecturedInferred without certainty
- supposedAssumed to be true
- assumedTaken as true
projected · postulated · proposed · what-if · thought experiment · scenario · counterfactual · extrapolated
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- inventiveShowing original thought
- conceptualizedFormed as abstract idea
- brainstormedGenerated ideas freely
envisioned · conjured · devised · dreamed up · conceived · inspired · original · innovative · artistic · crafted
fictional
Not real, invented
- inventedCreated something new
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- made-upFabricated, not factual
contrived · concocted · mythical · storied · legendary · apocryphal · fictional character · narrative · tale · fabled
mythical
Of folklore, not fact
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- enchantedUnder magical influence
- magicalPossessing supernatural power
fairy-tale · legendary · make-believe · whimsical · wondrous · otherworldly · dragon · unicorn · wizard · sorcery
dreamed
Imagined while asleep
subconscious · lucid · nightmarish · prophetic · sleep · nocturnal · drowsy · restless · vivid · surreal
hallucinated
Perceived nonexistent stimuli
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- illusoryFalsely appearing to exist
- apparitionalResembling a specter
spectral · mirage · figment · delusion · chimera · phantasmal · ghostly · perceived · false · mistaken
theoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- conjecturedInferred without certainty
- supposedAssumed to be true
assumed · projected · postulated · proposed · what-if · thought experiment · scenario · counterfactual · extrapolated · predicted
- unreal thingsillusion, delusion, fantasy, fiction, imaginary
- developeddeveloped, advanced, evolved, progressed, grown
- creative libertiesartistic license, poetic license, liberties, creative liberties, fictionalization
- Idealized thingsperfection, utopia, flawless, pristine, sublime
imaginedremembered
Brought back to mind
recalled · recognized · recollected · encountered · received
- imagine thatExclamation of mild surprise
- leave to the imaginationNot make explicit
- figment of imagination
- figment of one's imaginationInvented, unreal thing
- I imagineExpressing tentative belief
- just imagine
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