Synonyms of conceptions

conceptions

noun

plural of conception

1

as in notions

an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation

the false conception that wheelchair users are homebound and helpless

Synonyms & Similar Words

• notions
• concepts
• stereotypes
• theories
• hypotheses
• generalizations
• sayings
• clichés
• commonplaces
• generalities
• truisms
• propositions
• platitudes
• proverbs
• bromides
• saws
• oversimplifications
• adages
• simplifications
• simplisms

2

as in ideas

something imagined or pictured in the mind

our changing conceptions of what constitutes art

Synonyms & Similar Words

• notions
• ideas
• thoughts
• concepts
• pictures
• impressions
• perceptions
• images
• abstractions
• observations
• cogitations
• prejudices
• assumptions
• theories
• reflections
• intellections
• preconceptions
• beliefs
• apprehensions
• hunches
• presentiments
• illusions
• cognitions
• premonitions
• prepossessions
• mind's eyes
• delusions
• hypotheses
• convictions
• vagaries
• whims
• conceits
• caprices
• chimeras
• phantasms
• speculations
• hallucinations
• conjectures
• guesses
• fancies
• suppositions
• inspirations
• surmises
• conclusions
• kinks
• brain waves
• brainstorms
• freaks
• brainchildren

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conceptions

Many young adults who started families in the past twenty years were raised this way, which shaped their own conceptions of how to rear children. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Whether destruction or technological progress, both are purposeful activities, each with different conceptions of success or failure. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Beatrice, played by actual academic Anne-Laure Sellier, is a professor at Columbia whose work focuses on how historical conceptions of memory can inform present-day studies of the brain. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026

Thus, the cisgendered body and heterosexuality are a dynamic instead of a foundation to our conceptions of Black motherhood. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2026

Some say the country is a secular republic founded on 18th-century conceptions of human reason and natural law. — Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026

In reaction against the waste of life and ill-success of Mazzini’s program, moderate opinion tended to crystallize around federal conceptions of the solution of the Italian problem. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026