Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ideate

1 sense of ideate

Sense 1
imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage -- (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?")
       => create by mental act, create mentally -- (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)