visualize

See in mind

To visualize is to form a mental image of something not present to the eye.

Athletes visualize successful performances before competing.

The word also means to make visible what's normally unseen: software that visualizes data as charts and graphs.

I can't visualize what the finished room will look like.

mental

imagine

Form mental pictures

conjure · form · ideate · contemplate · mental image · mind's eye · perceive · comprehend · cognition · abstraction

planning

blueprint

Detailed technical drawing

layout · wireframe · mockup · roadmap · flowchart · chart · outline · framework · prototype · draft

data

graph

Visual data display

heatmap · plot · histogram · scatter · render · mapping · metrics · analytics · display · representation

observation

see

Perceive with eyes

  • observePerceive with attention
  • viewWhat's seen from somewhere
  • watchPortable timekeeping device

inspect · scan · notice · detect · recognize · sight · look · peer · glance · survey

creative

artistic

Showing imaginative skill

portray · represent · imagery · aesthetic · composition · design · draw · paint · sculpt · craft

dreams

subconscious

Below conscious awareness

  • nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
  • lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
  • surrealDreamlike and strange

imagery · hallucination · prophetic · symbolism · psyche · Freudian · oneiric · sleep · REM · dreamscape

Categories
Opposites
mental imagery formation

visualizego blank

blank out · draw a blank · aphantasia · abstract thinking · block out

cognitive engagement

visualizeignore

Refuse to notice

disregard · neglect · overlook · tune out · block out

mode of understanding

visualizeverbalize

Express in speech

articulate · describe · estimate

Phrases
Family

visualization, visualise, visualized, visualizing, visualised, visualising, visualisation, visualizes, visualises

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G