English Explanatory Dictionary

imagination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
  2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
  3. Creativity; resourcefulness.
  4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

Pronunciation

/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ en-us-imagination.ogg

Word forms

imagination imaginations

Etymology

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.

Synonyms

creativity fancy imaginativeness invention inventiveness conception notion imagining

Derived words

by any stretch of the imagination by no stretch of imagination by no stretch of the imagination counterimagination figment of one's imagination imaginational imaginationless leave little to the imagination leave nothing to the imagination leave to the imagination misimagination reimagination
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