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Synonyms & Antonyms of brainstorming
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as in inspiration, brainstorm
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for brainstorming
- contrivance,
- creativity,
- fancy,
- fantasy
- (also phantasy),
- ideation,
- imagination,
- imaginativeness,
- invention,
- inventiveness,
- originality
- chimera,
- daydream,
- delusion,
- dream,
- figment,
- hallucination,
- illusion,
- mind's eye,
- mirage,
- phantasm
- (also fantasm),
- pipe dream
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2
as in conference, roundtable
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for brainstorming
brainstorming
verb
present participle of brainstorm
Synonyms of brainstorming (Entry 2 of 2)
to engage in an exchange of information or ideas
- they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization
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“Brainstorming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainstorming. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of brainstorming was in 1907
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