vision

Plural: visions

Noun

• a vivid mental image
  • "he had a vision of his own death"
• the ability to see; the visual faculty
• the perceptual experience of seeing
  • "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"
• the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
• a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
  • "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
• The sense or ability of sight.
• Something seen; an object perceived visually.
• Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
• Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
• A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
• An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
• General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
• A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
• A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
• Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

Verb

Verb Forms: visioned, visioning, visions

• To imagine or foresee something, often vividly or ideally.
• To imagine something as if it were to be true.
• To present as in a vision.
• To provide with a vision.

Examples

• He could vision his winning play, even if the tiles weren’t cooperating yet.
• He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
• He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
• He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.

Synonyms

imagination, imaginativeness, sight, visual modality, visual sensation, visual sense, apparition, aspiration, desire, dream, envision, eyesight, fantasy, hallucination, ken, mirage, perception, seeing, view, vision

Antonyms

ablepsia, blindness, cecity, farsightedness, hyperopia, myopia, nearsightedness, purblindness, shortsightedness

Related Words

eye