imagination

Definitions

The faculty or action of forming new ideas, images, or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.

The ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful.

The part of the mind that imagines things.

Examples

Her vivid imagination allowed her to create entire worlds in her stories.

Children often have a wild imagination that helps them turn simple toys into magical adventures.

It takes a great deal of imagination to solve such a complex problem in an unconventional way.

Synonyms

creativity vision fancy ingenuity inspiration inventiveness originality

Antonyms

reality fact truth certainty actuality literalness unimaginativeness