| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | anthropomorphise | British spelling of anthropomorphize |
| 2. | anthropomorphize | imagine as humanlike |
| 3. | anticipate | imagine or expect beforehand |
| 4. | assume | take as true temporarily |
| 5. | augur | indicate or predict beforehand |
| 6. | believe | accept as true |
| 7. | brainstorm | generate ideas freely |
| 8. | bring to mind | make mentally present |
| 9. | calculate | judge or suppose informally |
| 10. | call to mind | bring into conscious thought |
| 11. | cerebrate | think intellectually |
| 12. | cogitate | think deeply or carefully |
| 13. | conceive | form an idea of |
| 14. | conclude | decide after thinking |
| 15. | conjecture | form an opinion from guesses |
| 16. | conjure | bring vividly to mind |
| 17. | consider | think about carefully |
| 18. | contemplate | think about deeply |
| 19. | daydream | imagine pleasant waking scenes |
| 20. | deduce | reach by reasoning |
| 21. | deliberate on | consider carefully before deciding |
| 22. | design | plan in the mind |
| 23. | devise | plan or invent mentally |
| 24. | dread | imagine with fearful expectation |
| 25. | dream | imagine wished-for possibilities |
| 26. | entertain | consider an idea possible |
| 27. | envisage | picture as possible or likely |
| 28. | envision | form a mental picture of |
| 29. | estimate | judge roughly in thought |
| 30. | evoke | call forth in the mind |
| 31. | expect | imagine as likely to happen |
| 32. | extrapolate | infer beyond known information |
| 33. | fabricate | make up imaginatively or falsely |
| 34. | fancy | imagine in a playful way |
| 35. | figure | informally think or suppose |
| 36. | forecast | imagine future developments |
| 37. | foresee | imagine beforehand as likely |
| 38. | foretell | predict future events |
| 39. | form a picture | create a mental image |
| 40. | form an image | create an inner picture |
| 41. | formulate | develop clearly in thought |
| 42. | guess | suppose without certainty |
| 43. | hold | have as an opinion |
| 44. | hope | imagine desired outcomes possible |
| 45. | hypothesise | British spelling of hypothesize |
| 46. | hypothesize | suggest as a possible explanation |
| 47. | idealise | British spelling of idealize |
| 48. | idealize | imagine as perfect |
| 49. | ideate | form ideas mentally |
| 50. | image | form a mental image |
| 51. | improvise | create without preparation |
| 52. | infer | derive as a conclusion |
| 53. | invent | create in the mind |
| 54. | judge | form an opinion about |
| 55. | long for | imagine and desire strongly |
| 56. | look ahead to | imagine future events |
| 57. | look forward to | anticipate with pleasure |
| 58. | make up | invent rather than report |
| 59. | map out | plan or imagine in detail |
| 60. | meditate on | think deeply about |
| 61. | mentally picture | form an inner image |
| 62. | mull | think over slowly |
| 63. | mythologise | British spelling of mythologize |
| 64. | mythologize | imagine in mythic terms |
| 65. | originate | bring into being mentally |
| 66. | picture | see in the mind |
| 67. | plan | decide mentally in advance |
| 68. | ponder | think about carefully |
| 69. | posit | put forward as possible |
| 70. | postulate | assume as a basis |
| 71. | predict | say or imagine beforehand |
| 72. | presage | suggest or predict beforehand |
| 73. | presume | suppose without full proof |
| 74. | project | imagine as future or possible |
| 75. | prophesy | predict with certainty or inspiration |
| 76. | reason | think logically toward conclusions |
| 77. | reckon | informally suppose or think |
| 78. | recreate | make again mentally |
| 79. | reflect on | think carefully about |
| 80. | reimagine | imagine again differently |
| 81. | romanticise | British spelling of romanticize |
| 82. | romanticize | imagine in an idealized way |
| 83. | ruminate | think repeatedly and deeply |
| 84. | scheme | plan, often cleverly |
| 85. | see | imagine or understand mentally |
| 86. | speculate | think about uncertain possibilities |
| 87. | summon up | bring before the mind |
| 88. | suppose | think as a possibility |
| 89. | surmise | infer with limited evidence |
| 90. | suspect | imagine as possibly true |
| 91. | theorise | British spelling of theorize |
| 92. | theorize | form a theory about |
| 93. | think | hold or form an idea |
| 94. | toy with | consider lightly or tentatively |
| 95. | visualise | British spelling of visualize |
| 96. | visualize | form a clear mental image |
| 97. | weigh | consider possibilities carefully |
| 98. | wish | imagine and desire something |
| 99. | wonder | think curiously about possibilities |
| 100. | woolgather | daydream idly |