1. (n.) The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

2. (n.) Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

3. (n.) The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

4. (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Vorstellung allusion alphabet apparition art asiaticism blueprint brainchild bubble cameo catalog cataloging character character sketch charactering characterization chart chimera choreography concept conception conceptualization conventional representation dance notation delineation delirium demonstration depiction depictment description details device diagram drama drawing eidetic image eidolon envisaging envisioning euphuism evocation exemplification fancy fantasque fantasy fiction figment figuration figurative language figurativeness figure figure of speech floridity flourish flower flowery style graphic account hallucination hieroglyphic iconography ideogram idle fancy illusion illustration image imagery study imagination imaging imagining imagism imagistic poetry impression insubstantial image invention itemization letter lifelike image limning logogram logograph maggot make-believe manner of speaking map mental image mental picture mental representation musical notation myth nonliterality nonliteralness notation objectification ornament particularization phantasm phantom photograph pictogram picture picturing picturization plan poetic imagery portrait portraiture portrayal prefigurement presentment printing profile projection purple passage realization rendering rendition representation romance schema score script sick fancy sketch specification syllabary symbol symbolism tablature thick-coming fancies trip trope turn of expression vapor vignette vision visual image visualization vivid description way of speaking whim whimsy wildest dreams word painting word-painting writing