mindmap root((想到)) think implies the entrance of an idea into one's mind with or without deliberate consideration or reflection: I just ~ of a good story. conceive suggest the forming, or bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design: ~d of a plan to rescue the hostage. imagine stresses a visualization: ~ a permanently operating space station. fancy stresses an imagining often unrestrained by factual reality but spurred by desires: ~ied himself a super athlete. realize suggests a grasping of the significance of what is vividly conceived or imagined: ~ the enormity of the task ahead. envisage, envision implies a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed: ~ a totally computerized operation; ~ a world free of hunger and disease.