dream up
verb
1 dream up
Devise or invent.
synonyms: concoct, hatch, think of, think up.
Roget 515:
imagine,
fancy,
conceive;
idealize,
realize;
dream,
dream of,
dream up;
give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name"
[Midsummer Night's Dream].
create,
originate,
devise,
invent,
coin,
fabricate;
improvise,
strike out something new.
set one's wits to work;
strain one's invention,
crack one's invention;
rack one's brains,
ransack one's brains,
cudgel one's brains;
excogitate†;
brainstorm.
give play,
give the reins,
give a loose to the imagination,
give fancy;
indulge in reverie.
visualize,
envision,
conjure up a vision;
fancy oneself,
represent oneself,
picture,
picture-oneself,
figure to oneself;
vorstellen [G.].
float in the mind;
suggest itself
etc.
(thought)
451.
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Moby thesaurus: beget, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, coin, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, concoct, contrive, cook up, create, dense, design, develop, devise, discover, engender, evolve, experience imaginatively, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, fictionalize, formulate, frame, generate, give being to, give rise to, hatch, hatch up, ideate, imagine, improvise, invent, make do with, make up, mature, mint, mold, originate, plan, procreate, produce, shape, spawn, strike out, suppose, think out, think up, vamp up ... show more.
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