Need another word that means the same as “imagery”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “imagery” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Imagery” are: imagination, imaging, image, metaphor, simile, trope, figure of speech
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “imagery” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| figure of speech | A predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating. |
| image | Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. Her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate. |
| imagination | The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses. She d never been blessed with a vivid imagination. |
| imaging | The ability to form mental images of things or events. Cutting edge imaging technologies. |
| metaphor | A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else. When we speak of gene maps and gene mapping we use a cartographic metaphor. |
| simile | The use of similes as a method of comparison. His audacious deployment of simile and metaphor. |
| trope | A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. She uses the Eucharist as a pictorial trope. |
| archetypal | Recurrent as a symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology. Archetypal patterns. |
| chimera | A cartilaginous marine fish with a long tail, an erect spine before the first dorsal fin, and typically a forward projection from the snout. The economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera. |
| conceivable | Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally. The body was photographed from every conceivable angle. |
| conceive | Create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg. My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day. |
| creative | A person whose job involves creative work. Change unleashes people s creative energy. |
| drawing | The art or activity of making drawings. She took lessons in drawing. |
| dreamland | A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination. A digital dreamland where you ll pay bills with a click of the mouse. |
| eidetic | Of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy. An eidetic memory. |
| envisage | Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event. The Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers. |
| envision | Picture to oneself; imagine possible. I cannot envision him as President. |
| fanciful | Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination. A fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers. |
| fantasy | Denoting a competition or league in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a real sports league and score points according to the actual performance of their players. Look at their dedication to fantasy leagues and the enormous minutiae of the stats they memorize. |
| faun | One of a class of lustful rural gods, represented as a man with a goat’s horns, ears, legs, and tail. |
| hypothetical | A hypothetical proposition or statement. Officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals. |
| ideational | Relating to the formation of ideas or concepts. Policy has been shaped by both material and ideational factors. |
| image | Make an exact copy of (a computer’s hard disk. The hard disk drive should be imaged using a specialized bitstream backup product. |
| imaginary | A number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1. Chris had imaginary conversations with her. |
| imagine | Expect, believe, or suppose. After Ned died everyone imagined that Mabel would move away. |
| improbably | Not easy to believe. A barbecue lunch including improbably a jar of caviar each. |
| metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor. |
| picture | Show in or as in a picture. He described his mental picture of his assailant. |
| scenario | An outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work. A possible scenario is that he was attacked after opening the front door. |
| supposedly | Believed or reputed to be the case. There were rumours of a rift between him and his colleagues supposedly because they were jealous of his relationship with the Duchess. |
| surreal | Having the qualities of surrealism bizarre. The incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature. |
| symbolism | Symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts. He has always believed in the importance of symbolism in garden art. |
| tale | A lie. She enjoyed hearing others tell their tales. |
| trope | A significant or recurrent theme; a motif. Perhaps it is a mistake to use tropes and parallels in this eminently unpoetic age. |
| visionary | Existing only in a vision or in the imagination. Visionary schemes for getting rich. |
| visual | Relating to seeing or sight. The music should fit the visuals. |
| visualize | Form a mental image of; imagine. The DNA was visualized by staining with ethidium bromide. |
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