imagination

noun

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Senses

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

popular imagination created a world of demons

the ability to form mental images of things or events

he could still hear her in his imagination

the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

a man of resource

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	imagine
1	derivation	Related & opposite	imaginative
1	hypernym	Types & categories	creativity
1	hyponym	Types & categories	imaginary place
1	hyponym	Types & categories	fancy
1	hyponym	Types & categories	fantasy
1	hyponym	Types & categories	dreaming
1	hyponym	Types & categories	imaginary being
2	derivation	Related & opposite	picture
2	derivation	Related & opposite	imagine
2	hypernym	Types & categories	representational process
2	hyponym	Types & categories	mind's eye
2	hyponym	Types & categories	vision
2	hyponym	Types & categories	picturing
2	hyponym	Types & categories	dream
2	hyponym	Types & categories	chimaera
2	hyponym	Types & categories	evocation
2	hyponym	Types & categories	make-believe
3	derivation	Related & opposite	resourceful
3	hypernym	Types & categories	ingenuity
3	hyponym	Types & categories	armory