envision
verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- conceit [chiefly dialect]
- conceive
- conjure (up)
- dream
- envisage
- fancy
- fantasize
- fantasy
- feature
- ideate
- image
- imagine
- picture
- see
- vision
- visualize
Example Sentences
Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 Promoters envision a different experience — a relaxed ride with a meal and sleep before arriving bright-eyed at the destination. David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 In the immediate future, the scientists envision the Retro-Cascorder as a bit of additional gear that could turn a bacterium into a biosensor. Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 When picturing estate planning, people usually envision wealthy investors or a family with palatial properties. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 8 Aug. 2022 Some technologists envision the tech as heralding a future where real-life and virtual experiences are integrated seamlessly. Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 28 July 2022 Given that anyone can make things in Unreal Engine 5, many fans have taken to trying to envision what Cyberpunk 2077, its characters and Night City would look like in Unreal Engine 5. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Like all young Ukrainians, Mauser is seeing images of city blocks reduced to smoking rubble and trying to envision the future of his country. Will Hunt, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2022 This doesn’t just matter to young girls trying to envision the full scope of their future. Quartz Staff, Quartz, 22 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
1855, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing envision
envision
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- imagine
- see
- envisage
- dream
- visualize
- picture
- conceive
- vision
- fantasize
- contemplate
- feature
- fantasy
- plan
- fancy
- conceit
- ideate
- image
- daydream
- foresee
- ponder
- reflect
- invent
- conjure (up)
- hallucinate
- concoct
- relive
- project
- re-create
- muse
- ruminate
- prefigure
- reminisce
- meditate
- manufacture
- fabricate
- stargaze
- make up
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of envision are conceive, envisage, fancy, imagine, realize, and think. While all these words mean "to form an idea of," envisage and envision imply a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed.
Although the words conceive and envision have much in common, conceive suggests the forming and bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design.
The meanings of fancy and envision largely overlap; however, fancy suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires.
While the synonyms imagine and envision are close in meaning, imagine stresses a visualization.
The synonyms realize and envision are sometimes interchangeable, but realize stresses a grasping of the significance of what is conceived or imagined.
The words think and envision can be used in similar contexts, but think implies the entrance of an idea into one's mind with or without deliberate consideration or reflection.