ideate

Verb

1. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; “Can you conceive of him as the president?”
   • Synonyms
     • imagine
     • conceive of
     • envisage
   • Less specific
     • create by mental act
     • create mentally
   • More specific
     • visualize
     • visualise
     • envision
     • project
     • fancy
     • see
     • figure
     • picture
     • image
     • visualize
     • visualise
     • envision
     • foresee
     • fantasize
     • fantasise
     • prefigure
     • think
     • fantasy
     • fantasize
     • fantasise
     • dream
     • daydream
     • woolgather
     • stargaze
   • Related
     • idea
     • thought
     • ideation
     • imaginative
     • inventive
     • imagination
     • imaging
     • imagery
     • mental imagery
     • imagination
     • imaginativeness
     • vision

• ideate - LookUp Verb

1. Psychology Formal form an idea of; imagine or conceive he is part of a team that ideates branding strategies | the arc whose ideated center is a nodal point in the composition

Psychology [no object] form ideas; think.

Origin

early 17th century: from medieval Latin ideat- ‘formed as an idea’, from the verb ideare, from Latin idea (see idea)