1. (

• imagination ,
• imaginativeness ,
• vision ,

) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" ;

2. (

• imagination ,
• imaging ,
• imagery ,
• mental_imagery

) the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" ;

3. (

• resource ,
• resourcefulness ,
• imagination ,

) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" ;