ideate

Plural: ideates

Verb

Verb Forms: ideated, ideating, ideates

To form an idea or concept; to conceive mentally.
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
To generate an idea.

Adj

Produced by an idea.

Noun

The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

Examples

Players must constantly ideate new words from their racks to stay competitive in Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

From idea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

conceive of, envisage, imagine

Scrabble Score: 7

ideate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ideate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ideate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

ideate: valid Words With Friends Word