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conceives - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: conceive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: understand
Synonyms: accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig
Antonyms: misunderstand, not believe
Main Entry: conceive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create
Synonyms: brainstorm, cogitate, consider, contrive, cook up*, design, develop, devise, dream up, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, form, formulate, head trip, image, imagine, make up, meditate, originate, ponder, produce, project, purpose, realize, ruminate, spark, speculate, visualize, become pregnant, depicture, spitball, think up, trump up
Antonyms: abort, destroy
Main Entry: apprehend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: understand
Synonyms: absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think, get the picture
Antonyms: misunderstand
Main Entry: believe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: trust, rely on
Synonyms: accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for*, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand
Antonyms: disbelieve, distrust
Main Entry: brainstorm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: problem-solve
Synonyms: analyze, conceive, conceptualize, conjure up, create, deliberate, dream up, invent, plan, ponder, think, put heads together, rack brains, share ideas
Main Entry: cogitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: think deeply about
Synonyms: brainstorm*, chew the cud*, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, imagine, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, cerebrate, flash on, kick around*, mull over, noodle around, stew over
Antonyms: ignore
Main Entry: coin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create, invent
Synonyms: brainstorm*, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, dream up, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, head trip, make up, make up off the top of one's head, manufacture, mint, mold, originate, spark, spitball, stamp, strike, think up, trump up
Main Entry: compose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create writing, artwork, or music
Synonyms: author, cast, conceive, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, ghost*, imagine, indite, invent, knock off*, knock out*, make up, orchestrate, originate, pen, produce, put down, score, scribble, script, set up, time, turn out, whip up*, write, bang out, clef, coin a phrase, comp, fudge together, ghostwrite, note down, poetize, push pencil, put pen to paper, set type
Notes: compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts'
Main Entry: comprehend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: understand
Synonyms: appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, click, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get*, grasp, have, know, make out*, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble*, capiche, cognize, get the picture, gotcha
Antonyms: misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand
Main Entry: conjecture
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: speculate
Synonyms: assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted
Antonyms: prove
Main Entry: create
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: develop in mind or physically
Synonyms: actualize, author, beget, bring to pass, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start, bring into being, bring into existence, cause to be, give birth to, give life to
Antonyms: destroy, ruin
Main Entry: daydream
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make up fantasy
Synonyms: conceive, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, imagine, moon, muse, pipe dream*, build castles in air, stargaze, trip out, woolgather
Main Entry: deduce
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: figure out, understand
Synonyms: analyze, assume, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, reason, regard, surmise, add up, be afraid, boil down, have a hunch, ratiocinate, read into, take to mean
Main Entry: deem
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: regard, consider
Synonyms: account, allow, appraise, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view, be afraid, daresay, set store by
Main Entry: discover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: find, uncover
Synonyms: ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out*, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, locate, look up, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, spot, turn up, unearth, dig up, get wind of, get wise to, light upon, nose out*, pick up on, smoke out, think of
Antonyms: lose, miss, pass by
Main Entry: dream
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conjure up scenario
Synonyms: brainstorm, conceive, concoct, cook up*, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker*, hatch*, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, sigh, sublimate, think, thirst, visualize, be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds, build castles in air, have a flash, have a nightmare, have a notion, have a vision, search for pot of gold, stargaze, think up
Main Entry: effect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out, accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield
Antonyms: fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook
Main Entry: engineer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: devise; bring about
Synonyms: angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through
Main Entry: entertain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: think about seriously
Synonyms: cherish, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, foster, harbor, heed, hold, imagine, maintain, ponder, recognize, support, cogitate on, keep in mind, muse over, think over
Antonyms: disregard, forget, reject
Main Entry: envisage/envision
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: picture in one's mind
Synonyms: anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in mind's eye, vision, visualize
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