mental image
noun[C]
uk/ˌmen.təl ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/us/ˌmen.təl ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/theideathat you have of someone or something inyourmind:
Mostpeoplehave amentalimageof aperfectbeach.
Pleasantmentalimagescanaidrelaxation.
- EverymentalimageI have of her is of herlaughing.
- Shecompletelyfitsmymentalimageof aconfident,articulatenewsreader.
- Researchersfoundthatvividmentalimagesofchocolatecantriggerthedesiretoeatit.
- Thementalimagethat mostpeoplehave of asubatomicparticleiscompletelywrong.
Imagining and conceiving
- assume
- beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
- blue-sky
- conceivable
- conceivably
- guess
- imagine
- imputesomethingtosomeone
- inyourmind's eyeidiom
- inconceivably
- lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
- look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
- reach
- regard
- revisualization
- riot
- run riotidiom
- theorize
- think ofsomething
- throw