| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abstract thought | Thinking beyond concrete realities |
| 2. | active fancy | Energetic imaginative power |
| 3. | artistic vision | Creative view guiding artistic work |
| 4. | associative thinking | Connecting ideas creatively in thought |
| 5. | blue-sky thinking | Unrestricted imaginative thinking |
| 6. | concept | General idea formed mentally |
| 7. | conception | Mental formation of an idea |
| 8. | conceptualization | Formation of abstract ideas |
| 9. | conceptualizing | Forming ideas in the mind |
| 10. | creative faculty | Mental ability to create ideas |
| 11. | creative force | Power behind original creation |
| 12. | creative impulse | Urge to form original ideas |
| 13. | creative power | Ability to produce original ideas |
| 14. | creative spark | Impulse that starts original thought |
| 15. | creative thinking | Thinking that produces original ideas |
| 16. | creativeness | Power to produce original ideas |
| 17. | creativity | Ability to create original ideas |
| 18. | daydream | Pleasant imagined scene or wish |
| 19. | daydreaming | Pleasant wandering imaginative thought |
| 20. | delusion | False belief formed in the mind |
| 21. | divergent thinking | Thinking that explores many possibilities |
| 22. | dream | Imagined hope, image, or fantasy |
| 23. | dreaming | Imagining unreal or desired things |
| 24. | dreamscape | Imagined or dreamlike mental world |
| 25. | dreamworld | World created in fantasy |
| 26. | embroidering | Adding imaginative detail to facts |
| 27. | envisioning | Imagining something as possible |
| 28. | faculty of fancy | Power of playful imagining |
| 29. | fancifulness | Quality of playful unreality |
| 30. | fancy | Playful or creative mental invention |
| 31. | fancying | Imagining or picturing something mentally |
| 32. | fantasy | Imaginative mental creation or vision |
| 33. | fecundity | Abundant production of ideas |
| 34. | fertile fancy | Rich and playful imagination |
| 35. | fertility | Richness in producing ideas |
| 36. | flights of fancy | Playful imaginative thoughts |
| 37. | free association | Spontaneous linking of thoughts |
| 38. | genius | Extraordinary creative mental power |
| 39. | hallucination | Perception created without external reality |
| 40. | idea generation | Creation of new ideas |
| 41. | idea-making | Producing thoughts or concepts |
| 42. | ideation | Process of forming ideas |
| 43. | image-making | Forming mental pictures or ideas |
| 44. | imagery | Mental pictures or vivid description |
| 45. | imaginative power | Capacity to imagine vividly |
| 46. | imaginativeness | Quality of having creative imagination |
| 47. | ingenuity | Cleverness in forming new ideas |
| 48. | inner eye | Power of mental visualization |
| 49. | innovation | Creation of new ideas or methods |
| 50. | inspiration | Creative impulse or idea |
| 51. | invention | Creation of something in the mind |
| 52. | inventive faculty | Mental ability to invent ideas |
| 53. | inventive power | Ability to devise new things |
| 54. | inventiveness | Skill at devising new ideas |
| 55. | lateral thinking | Indirect creative problem-solving thought |
| 56. | lively fancy | Active and vivid imagination |
| 57. | make-believe | Pretend or imagined reality |
| 58. | mental construct | Idea built by the mind |
| 59. | mental creation | Something formed in the mind |
| 60. | mental imagery | Pictures formed in the mind |
| 61. | mental invention | Idea created in the mind |
| 62. | mental vision | Image or idea seen inwardly |
| 63. | mind’s eye | Faculty for seeing mental images |
| 64. | mythmaking | Creation of imaginative myths |
| 65. | notion | Idea held in the mind |
| 66. | original thinking | Independent and fresh thought |
| 67. | originality | Freshness and uniqueness of thought |
| 68. | out-of-box thinking | Unconventional creative thinking |
| 69. | picture-making | Creating images in the mind |
| 70. | picturing power | Ability to see things mentally |
| 71. | pipe dream | Unrealistic imagined hope |
| 72. | power of conception | Ability to form ideas |
| 73. | power of fancy | Ability to imagine freely |
| 74. | power of ideation | Ability to generate ideas |
| 75. | power of invention | Capacity to create mentally |
| 76. | power of visualization | Ability to picture mentally |
| 77. | pretend | Imagined play or false reality |
| 78. | projection | Mental extension into future possibilities |
| 79. | representation | Mental image or depiction of something |
| 80. | resourcefulness | Clever ability to devise solutions |
| 81. | reverie | Dreamy state of imaginative thought |
| 82. | romancing | Inventing fanciful stories or ideas |
| 83. | spark | Small burst of creative inspiration |
| 84. | speculation | Imaginative consideration of possibilities |
| 85. | speculative thought | Thought exploring uncertain possibilities |
| 86. | spinning | Creating a story imaginatively |
| 87. | storytelling | Creation of imagined narratives |
| 88. | theory | Explanatory idea or supposition |
| 89. | thought | Idea occurring in the mind |
| 90. | vision | Ability to imagine future possibilities |
| 91. | visionariness | Quality of imagining bold possibilities |
| 92. | visionary faculty | Capacity for imagining future possibilities |
| 93. | visionary power | Ability to imagine possibilities |
| 94. | visionary thinking | Imaginative thought about possibilities |
| 95. | visionary thought | Thought focused on imagined possibilities |
| 96. | visioning | Imagining a desired future |
| 97. | visualization | Mental picturing of something |
| 98. | visualizing power | Ability to form mental images |
| 99. | vivid fancy | Strong colorful imagination |
| 100. | wild fancy | Unrestrained imaginative thought |
