'Imagery' definitions:

Definition of 'imagery'

From: WordNet
noun
The ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery]

Definition of 'Imagery'

From: GCIDE
  • Imagery \Im"age*ry\ ([i^]m"[asl]j*r[y^]; 277), n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]
  • 1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance. [1913 Webster]
  • What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. [1913 Webster]
  • The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. [1913 Webster]
  • I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Imagery'

From: Easton
  • Imagery only in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" (Ezek. 8:12). (See CHAMBER.)

Synonyms of 'imagery'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Imagery'