Synonyms for conceive
verb
To form a concept or image of
imagine, conceptualize, consider, formulate; see imagine 1, invent 1, think 1.
To understand
grasp, comprehend, perceive; see understand 1.
To become pregnant
become with child, be impregnated, superfetate, get in the family way*.
See conceive in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To form mental images of:
envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, think, vision, visualize. (Informal) feature. See thoughtsTo form a strategy for:
blueprint, cast, chart, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay1, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. (Informal) dope out. Idiom: lay plans. See plannedTo perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. (Informal) savvy. (Slang) dig. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understand
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