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thought
thought
noun
Definition of THOUGHT
1
a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something <I'll give your request some thought and then let you know what my decision is>
Related Words cogitation, contemplation, meditation, pondering, rumination; introspection; agonizing, hesitation, indecision; premeditation
Antonyms short shrift
2
something imagined or pictured in the mind <I just had a thought: what if we both pitched in and bought him one big present instead of two smaller presents for his birthday?>
Synonyms abstraction, cogitation, concept, conception, image, impression, intellection, mind's eye, notion, picture, thought
Related Words apprehension, premonition, presentiment; preconception, prejudice, prepossession; chimera, delusion, hallucination, illusion, phantasm (also fantasm); caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, kink, vagary, whim; cognition, observation, perception, reflection; assumption, belief, conclusion, conviction; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmise, theory; brainchild, brainstorm, brain wave, inspiration
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