Related Words for the idea behind

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across
x/
Adverb, Noun
advice
x/
Noun, Verb
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
aft
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afterwards
/xx
Adverb
agent
/x
Noun
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
alongside
x//
Adverb
antithesis
x/xx
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
appreciation
xxx/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approximation
xxx/x
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
armadillo
xx/x
Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
arse
/
Noun, Verb
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ass
/
Noun, Adjective
assertion
x/x
Noun
assumption
x/x
Noun
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
awareness
x/x
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backlog
/x
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
backyard
/x
Noun
bars
/
Noun
bead
/
Noun, Verb
before
x/
Adverb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behavior
x/x
Noun
behaviour
x/x
Noun
behold
x/
Verb
belief
x/
Noun
believed
x/
Noun
bellies
/x
Noun
bellows
/x
Noun, Verb
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
beneath
x/
Adverb
beside
x/
Adverb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bicycle
/xx
Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
booty
/x
Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brain
/
Noun, Verb
brainchild
/x
Noun, Verb
brainstorm
/x
Noun, Verb
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brilliant
/x
Adjective, Noun
bum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
buns
/
Noun, Adjective
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
buttocks
/x
Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
caused
/
Verb
centrifuge
/xx
Noun, Verb
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
chart
/
Noun, Verb
clue
/
Noun, Verb
cohesive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
collar
/x
Noun, Verb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
concatenated
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
conceit
x/
Noun, Verb
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
conception
x/x
Noun
conceptual
x/xx
Adjective
consent
x/
Noun, Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
constitutionalist
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
constraint
x/
Noun
construct
x/
Verb, Noun
contention
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
conviction
x/x
Noun
creation
x/x
Noun
creative
x/x
Adjective, Noun
culture
/x
Noun, Verb
customer
/xx
Noun
dead reckoning
//xx
Phrase, Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
design
x/
Noun, Verb
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
dialogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
diesel
/x
Noun, Verb
dividing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
doctrine
/x
Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
dominant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
envisaged
x/x
Adjective
establishment
x/xx
Noun
estimate
/xx
Noun, Verb
estimation
xx/x
Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
exterior
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
fact
/
Noun
fancy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
fanny
/x
Name
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
favoured
/x
Adjective
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
figment
/x
Noun
flash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flavour
/x
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
for
/
Noun
foretaste
x/
Noun, Verb
from
/
Verb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
function
/x
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
generality
xx/xx
Noun
generalization
xxxx/x
Noun
girl
/
Noun, Verb
glimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
glimpse
/
Noun, Verb
goal
/
Noun, Verb
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
guess
/
Verb, Noun
guesswork
/x
Noun
harnessed
/x
Adjective
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hind end
//
Phrase, Noun
hindquarters
/xx
Noun
hint
/
Noun, Verb
hips
/
Adjective
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
house
/
Noun, Verb
hunch
/
Noun, Verb
hypothesis
x/xx
Noun
ideal
x/
Adjective, Noun
idealization
x/xx/x
Noun
ideological
xxx/xx
Adjective
ideology
xx/xx
Noun
illusion
x/x
Noun
image
/x
Noun, Verb
imagination
xxx/x
Noun
imagine
x/x
Verb, Noun
implication
xx/x
Noun
impression
x/x
Noun, Verb
in arrears
xx/
Phrase, Adverb
indication
xx/x
Noun
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
inkling
/x
Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
insight
/x
Noun
inspiration
xx/x
Noun
instinct
/x
Noun, Adjective
intent
x/
Noun, Adjective
intention
x/x
Noun, Verb
introduction
xx/x
Noun
invention
x/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
judgement
/x
Noun
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
know
/
Verb, Noun
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
lag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
left
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
list
/
Noun, Verb
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
losing
/x
Adjective, Noun
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
mentality
x/xx
Noun
message
/x
Noun, Verb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
mindset
/x
Noun
misconception
xx/x
Noun
mistress
/x
Noun, Verb
motif
x/
Noun
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
motive
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
motto
/x
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
notion
/x
Noun
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
option
/x
Noun, Verb
origin
/xx
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
originally
x/xxx
Adverb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overdue
/x/
Adjective
overestimate
xx/xx
Verb, Noun
overestimation
xx/x/x
Noun
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
paradigm
/xx
Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
perception
x/x
Noun
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
philosophy
x/xx
Noun, Verb
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
plan
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
possibility
xx/xx
Noun
posterior
x/x
Adjective, Noun
prat
/
Noun, Adjective
premise
/x
Noun, Verb
preoccupation
xxx/x
Noun
presentation
xx/x
Noun
preston
/x
Name
principle
/xx
Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
program
/x
Noun, Verb
programme
/x
Noun, Verb
project
/x
Noun, Verb
promise
/x
Noun, Verb
proposal
x/x
Noun
proposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
rationale
xx/
Noun
reaction
x/x
Noun
realisation
/x/x
Noun
reapers
/x
Noun
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rear end
//
Phrase, Noun
rearward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recipe
/xx
Noun
recognition
xx/x
Noun
recommendation
xxx/x
Noun
reflection
x/x
Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
retardation
xx/x
Noun
retrograde
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
rump
/
Noun, Verb
saddest
/x
Adjective, Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
scheme
/
Noun, Verb
seat
/
Noun, Verb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sentiment
/xx
Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
snapshot
/x
Noun, Verb
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stern
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stroke
/
Noun, Verb
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
successor
x/x
Noun
suggestion
x/x
Noun
support
x/
Noun, Verb
swath
/
Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tail end
//
Phrase, Noun
taste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
theme
/
Noun, Verb
theorem
/x
Noun, Verb
theory
/x
Noun
thesis
/x
Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
think
/
Verb, Noun
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
thrust
/
Noun, Verb
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
trailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
twist
/
Noun, Verb
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
uncluttered
x/x
Adjective
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
underestimate
/x/xx
Verb, Noun
underlying
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
underneath
xx/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
underpinning
/xxx
Noun
understand
xx/
Verb
unstructured
x/x
Adjective
upon
x/
variation
xx/x
Noun
vein
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
viewpoint
/x
Noun
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
wake
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weakest
/x
Adjective
whichever
x/x
whim
/
Noun, Verb
whimsy
/x
Noun, Verb
with
/
Adverb, Noun
within
x/
Adverb, Adjective
wooden
/x
Adjective, Noun
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb