as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
got needlessly upset about imagined dangers
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as in envisioned
to form a mental picture of
she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined
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as in thought
to have as an opinion
I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it
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as in guessed
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin
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Recent Examples of imagined
Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
What happened next was a snowball effect – as small stray details were subsumed into a big imagined coverup by the White House.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Our nation’s promise is not found in an imagined past but in our capacity to face the difficult truths of our history and learn from them.
—Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Hamnet remains mostly faithful to the novel (O’Farrell collaborated with Zhao on the screenplay), but the two works center on different parts of the imagined timeline.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
For example, a common fallacy is the belief that things were better in some imagined past.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
As such, the production ties itself in knots trying to navigate the contradictory (and largely imagined) desires of American womandom.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
In a demonstration, the BCI could interpret imagined sentences from a vocabulary of up to 125,000 words with an accuracy of up to 74%.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
Doing so would give Democrats some actual — versus imagined — leverage, empowering them to achieve more than emotional catharsis.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Rows and rows of spacious houses with yards, everything new, tidy as can be imagined, with elegant transportation to and from the workplace right there—all for working people.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
In Bezos’ imagined future, Earth is reserved for living and vacationing, perhaps preserved indefinitely as a national park.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
More than a sustainability effort, rooftop landscaping represents a shift in how cities are imagined.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Time and again, history’s advance has been imagined to depend on silencing or destroying a single figure – the rival who becomes the ultimate, despicable foe.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Transmutation—bridging the known to the unknown, the remembered to the imagined, the truth to the embellished—is a writer’s privilege, a writer’s realm.
—Beth Kephart
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Each breakthrough spoke to what could be imagined, while also exposing how perilous progress could be.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
There aren’t any substantial architecture or urbanism ideas at play here, but there is a desperate attempt at marketing the services of both to an imagined audience of the young and very online.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
What happened next was a snowball effect – as small stray details were subsumed into a big imagined coverup by the White House.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Our nation’s promise is not found in an imagined past but in our capacity to face the difficult truths of our history and learn from them.
—Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Hamnet remains mostly faithful to the novel (O’Farrell collaborated with Zhao on the screenplay), but the two works center on different parts of the imagined timeline.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
For example, a common fallacy is the belief that things were better in some imagined past.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
As such, the production ties itself in knots trying to navigate the contradictory (and largely imagined) desires of American womandom.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
In a demonstration, the BCI could interpret imagined sentences from a vocabulary of up to 125,000 words with an accuracy of up to 74%.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
Doing so would give Democrats some actual — versus imagined — leverage, empowering them to achieve more than emotional catharsis.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
For the first time, researchers have mapped and dated fresh boulder falls across the moon, showing that its surface is more active than previously imagined.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Rows and rows of spacious houses with yards, everything new, tidy as can be imagined, with elegant transportation to and from the workplace right there—all for working people.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
In Bezos’ imagined future, Earth is reserved for living and vacationing, perhaps preserved indefinitely as a national park.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
More than a sustainability effort, rooftop landscaping represents a shift in how cities are imagined.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Time and again, history’s advance has been imagined to depend on silencing or destroying a single figure – the rival who becomes the ultimate, despicable foe.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Transmutation—bridging the known to the unknown, the remembered to the imagined, the truth to the embellished—is a writer’s privilege, a writer’s realm.
—Beth Kephart
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Each breakthrough spoke to what could be imagined, while also exposing how perilous progress could be.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagined
Adjective
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Few characters, real or imaginary, have sustained this type of stage and screen presence for so many decades.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Laura, used to getting away with murder, just neglected Daniel’s imaginary corpse after conjuring it.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Products were envisioned to do everything.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Then in 2021, the company tried to reorient its brand around the metaverse, which failed to reshape the internet in the way Zuckerberg had envisioned.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now, in the wake of his death, the right is arguing in private and in public — on X, on podcasts, and in anonymous comments — over what Kirk really thought about Israel.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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But right now, Astorino said, CEOs who thought their jobs would be like driving on a three-lane road are instead finding themselves on a 12-lane highway in a warzone.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So Nick flew by himself on a United Airlines flight that Wil guessed contained more packages than humans.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Few would have guessed that the guardians of whiskey and beer would be the ones showing us the way into the THC future.—
Robert Hoban,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fred Bear in his own way became a much greater advocate of bowhunting than either Pope or Young ever dreamed of.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
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Ugandan middle distance runner Docus Ajok dreamed of being an Olympic champion.—
Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Messages Robinson is believed to have sent on Discord stated a need to retrieve a rifle from a pick-up point, leaving the rifle in a bush, watching the area where a rifle was left and having wrapped the rifle in a towel, according to the affidavit.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The driver of the SUV was transported to an area hospital with injuries police believed to be not life-threatening.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some might have assumed at first that this woman was just an influencer dabbling in rap.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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And Lupita wants people to know her feelings about Daniel are the opposite of what some fans assumed based on a long-running joke about not liking him.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The mockumentary about a fictitious paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania aired from 2005 to 2013.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The bad news about this fictitious mountainside hole-in-the-wall?—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Imagined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagined. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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