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conceiving

ADJECTIVE

original

Synonyms

STRONGEST

creative imaginative innovative inventive seminal unconventional unusual

STRONG

devising envisioning formative novel quick ready sensitive

WEAK

avant garde breaking new ground causal causative demiurgic fertile generative ingenious innovational innovatory inspiring originative productive resourceful unprecedented untried

Antonyms

WEAK

borrowed hackneyed latest old used worn

NOUN

daydream

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pipe dream reverie

STRONG

dream fancy fancying imagination imagining musing phantasm phantasy stargazing trip vision wish woolgathering

WEAK

castle in the air figment of imagination fond hope fool's paradise head trip in a zone mind trip pie in the sky

Antonyms

STRONG

actuality certainty dislike existence fact hate reality substance truth

NOUN

fantasy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delusion fancy illusion nightmare reverie vision

STRONG

Atlantis apparition appearance bubble chimera creativity daydream envisioning externalizing fabrication fairyland fancying fantasia figment flight hallucination imaginativeness imagining invention mirage objectifying originality rainbow trip utopia vagary

WEAK

air castle flight of imagination fool's paradise head trip mind trip

Antonyms

STRONGEST

actuality certainty fact reality truth

Example Sentences

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According to the NHS, around one in seven couples have difficulty conceiving.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But some symptoms are highly suggestive of PCOS, including irregular or missed periods, excessive hair growth on the face and body, acne, weight gain, and difficulty conceiving.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2025

The NIH lists some possible risk factors including prenatal exposure to pesticides or air pollution, premature birth or low birth weight, maternal health problems and parents conceiving at older ages.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

The last connects to the bleakest memory outie Mark and his wife share – a miscarriage that followed months of difficulty conceiving.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it disgusted me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

conceiving

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