Definition: imagination unrestricted by reality
Usage: a schoolgirl fantasy
Similar words: vision, imagination, imaginativeness
Definition: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Usage: popular imagination created a world of demons; imagination reveals what the world could be
Synonyms: phantasy, fancy, fantasy, illusion
Definition: something many people believe that is false
Usage: they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Similar words: misconception
Definition: an incorrect conception
Definition: fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
Usage: she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
Similar words: fiction
Definition: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
Synonyms: fantasise, fantasize, fantasy
Definition: indulge in fantasies
Usage: he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company
Similar words: envisage, conceive of, ideate, imagine
Definition: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Usage: Can you conceive of him as the president?