thought-provoking

adjective

: causing people to think seriously about something

a thought-provoking article

Examples of thought-provoking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And breathing is the theme of a thought-provoking art show now wrapping up its final days at UC Davis’ Manetti Shrem Museum. —Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 20 Nov. 2025

Klein’s provocative aesthetic is instantly-recognizable; a wild fusion of glamour, eroticism, and thought-provoking drama. —Paul Chi, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2025

But Brennan and Murphy find thought-provoking tension in these imbalances, contrasting our disinterest in keeping up with America’s imperialist destruction with our never-ending fascination with Gein’s brutality and depravity. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025

The result is still thought-provoking, but a more palatable, contemporary and ultimately entertaining experience than the hefty, yet rewarding labor of reading Pynchon. —Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for thought-provoking

• broking
• choking
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• croaking
• joking
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• smoking
• soaking
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• evoking