Synonyms and Antonyms of conceive
1
to form a mental picture of
- it takes an idealist to conceive a world without war, and an activist to make it happen
conceit [chiefly dialect], conjure (up), dream, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, ideate, image, imagine, picture, see, vision, visualize
daydream, stargaze
hallucinate
re-create, reflect, relive, reminisce
contemplate, meditate, muse, ponder, ruminate
concoct, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, plan, project
foresee, prefigure
2
to have a clear idea of
- I cannot conceive the reason for such pointless vandalism
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
3
to have as an opinion
- I just can't conceive that he would have lied
allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], believe, consider, deem, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], suppose, think
