create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

envision, fancy, image, picture, visualize, visualise, figure, see, project - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

visualise, visualize - for a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize"

envision, foresee - picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

fantasise, fantasize - portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife"

prefigure - imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

think - imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"

fantasise, fantasize - indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"

daydream, dream, woolgather, stargaze - have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"