imagination

noun

1 he had a very vivid imagination:

imaginative faculty, creative power, fancy;

informal mind's eye.

2 the government needs imagination in dealing with these problems:

creativity, imaginativeness, creativeness;

vision, inspiration, insight, inventiveness, invention, resourcefulness, initiative, ingenuity, enterprise;

originality, innovation, innovativeness;

individuality, unorthodoxy, nonconformity;

cleverness, wit, quick-wittedness, genius, flair, panache;

artistry, artistic power.

3 every once in a while an album captures the public's imagination:

interest, fascination, attention, passion, curiosity, preoccupation.

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