mental image

/ˌmɛntl ˌɪmɪdʒ/

Other forms: mental images

Definitions of mental image

1. noun

   an iconic mental representation
   synonyms: image

   types:

   imagination image, thought-image

   a mental image produced by the imagination

   memory image

   a mental image of something previously experienced

   visual image, visualisation, visualization

   a mental image that is similar to a visual perception

   impression, mental picture, picture

   a clear and telling mental image

   auditory image

   a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception

   memory picture

   a memory image that is similar to a visual perception

   afterimage, aftersensation

   an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased

   type of:

   internal representation, mental representation, representation

   a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image