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imaginer

imaginer

1 8.1
A person who makes new ideas and stories in their mind, like a writer or artist
  • noun
  • /ɪˈmædʒɪnər/
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  • A rich imaginer and mystic seer, William Blake was fond of capitalizing his deific personages.

Examples

  • As Camus said in The Myth of Sisyphus, "Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux."

    Blog text (22)
  • Don't let the Imaginers drape themselves in the mantle of moral superiority.

    Blog text (29)
  • Death in Africa along the 10th or anywhere else matters little to the imaginers.

    Blog text (29)
  • Maybe I wasn't much of an imaginer or an empathizer.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • For as long as we are a living creation full of imagined imaginers, we shall always be delighted and stunned by one creative upset and dislodgment after another.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Christian capitalist societies were, for all their warts and bruises, infinitely superior to the societies the Imaginers create.

    Blog text (29)
  • Diversity comes about because diverse imaginers are diversely, chaotically at work, creatively unable to repeat themselves, surviving in any number of conditions, ready to give and receive creative counsel.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I am an artist and a maker of soft things, a dreamer and imaginer, with delusions of grandeur—and as I get older, less and less realism.

    Blog text (30)
  • Meanwhile, here we are, a world full of created creators, imagined imaginers, going about things diversely—no two of us alike—imagining and crafting things, no two of which should ever be alike.

    Academic text (1994)
  • As a writer, she considered herself an imaginer, constantly creating new worlds and characters in her mind.

Synonyms

thinker
vsimaginer
142 3.8

A person who has deep ideas about important subjects

creates imaginative ideas rather than focusing mainly on deep thinking
visionary
vsimaginer
5 7.2

A person who has ideas that are not realistic and will not work

imagines ideas without necessarily being unrealistic or impractical
deep thinker
vsimaginer
4 4.2

A person who spends time on serious, important ideas

imagines more by creating new ideas than by deep reflection
creative thinker
vsimaginer
1 3.6

A person who has new ideas and finds new ways to solve problems

imagines ideas generally without focusing on practical invention
conceptualizer
vsimaginer
1 8.1

A person or tool that creates new ideas and plans

imagines ideas more freely rather than systematizing them
brainstormer
vsimaginer
1 4.3

A person or tool that helps people think of new ideas

imagines individually rather than producing rapid group idea flow
ponderer
vsimaginer
1 7.5

A person who thinks deeply about ideas or problems

imagines spontaneously or creatively rather than slowly reflecting
formulator
vsimaginer
6.2

A person who creates and explains ideas or plans clearly

focuses on raw idea creation rather than clear expression
excogitator
vsimaginer
9.9

A person who thinks carefully for a long time about problems or ideas

leans more toward creating imaginative ideas than careful analysis
theorizer
vsimaginer
7.4

A person who makes ideas to explain things in science or art

imagines broadly rather than focusing on formal theoretical systems
visualizer
vsimaginer
7.0

A person who thinks mainly in pictures rather than words

imagines ideas in general, not only through visual imagery
contemplator
vsimaginer
7.4

A person who spends time thinking quietly and deeply

focuses on active idea creation rather than extended meditation
muser
vsimaginer
9.8

A person who spends time quietly thinking about life

imagines actively rather than maintaining quiet, passive reflection
cogitator
vsimaginer
  • Formal
9.3

A person who thinks deeply about ideas or problems

leans toward creating new ideas rather than only meditative thought

How Imaginative

visionary
47 6.3
inventor
108 3.0
imaginer
1 8.1
creator
220 2.8
daydreamer
1 3.3

Surface Forms

imaginer singular
imaginers plural

Morphology

imaginer = imagine (transparent) = imagine + er

Standard agentive formation: adding '-er' to the verb 'imagine' yields 'person who imagines', directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

The word imaginer comes from the verb imagine, which means 'to form a picture in the mind', and the ending -er means 'a person who does something'. So an imaginer is someone who makes ideas or mental pictures.