mental picture
Imagined visual scene
A mental picture is an image formed in the mind rather than perceived through the eyes.
It's what you see when you imagine something: I have a mental picture of how the finished room will look.
The phrase emphasizes visualization—conjuring or recalling scenes, faces, or scenarios internally.
Forming mental or graphical images
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- visionAbility to see
- imageryVivid descriptive language
conception · ideation · invention · make-believe · illusion · dream · reverie · mind's eye
Visual or mental likeness
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- portrayalDepiction of someone
impression · outline · likeness · representation · portrait · scene · tableau · vignette
Mental comprehension of something
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- conceptualizationMental creation of ideas
grasp · insight · clarity · cognition · apprehension · realization · discernment · intuition
Involuntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- memoriesStored past experiences
retrospection · recall · remembrance · snapshot · autobiographical · episodic · childhood · retrieval
visualization
Forming mental or graphical images
imagery · conception · ideation · invention · make-believe · illusion · dream · reverie · mind's eye · conjuring
image
Visual or mental likeness
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- illustrationPicture explaining something
portrayal · impression · outline · likeness · representation · portrait · scene · tableau · vignette · snapshot
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
conceptualization · grasp · insight · clarity · cognition · apprehension · realization · discernment · intuition · schema
flashback
Involuntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
memories · retrospection · recall · remembrance · snapshot · autobiographical · episodic · childhood · retrieval · past
- imaginationimagination, daydreaming, daydreams, fantasies, fantasy
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- descriptive languagedescriptive writing, vivid language, vivid detail, sensory language, sensory detail
- imageryvisual imagery, metaphor, symbolism, allegory, sensory detail
- mental imagerymind's eye, inner vision, visual imagery, imagination, inner eye
- word-picturesimagery, word painting, visual language, depiction, illustration
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