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notion

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Synonyms and Antonyms of notion

1 notions plural small useful items

the fabric store had a wide variety of thread, pins, buttons, and other notions

Synonyms of notion

etceteras, novelties, odds and ends, sundries

Words Related to notion

baubles, bric-a-brac, gewgaws (also geegaws), knickknacks (also nicknacks), trinkets

gadgets, gimmicks, jiggers

hodgepodge, miscellany, variety

2 a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action

I have a notion to go in-line skating this afternoon

Synonyms of notion

bee, caprice, crank, fancy, freak, humor, kink, maggot, megrim, vagary, vagrancy, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)

Words Related to notion

capriciousness, fancifulness, fantasy (also phantasy), freakishness, impetuosity, whimsicality

concept, conception, image, impression, mind's eye, picture, thought

brainstorm, inspiration

Phrases Synonymous with notion

bee in one's bonnet

3 an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge

has this naive notion that most people are basically honest

Synonyms of notion

belief, conviction, eye, feeling, judgment (or judgement), mind, opinion, persuasion, sentiment, verdict, view

Words Related to notion

impression, perception, take

assumption, presumption, presupposition

conclusion, decision, determination

deliverance, esteem, estimate, estimation

credence, credit, faith

concept, conception, idea, thought

position, stance, stand

comment, obiter dictum, observation, reflection, remark

conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory

advice, input, recommendation, suggestion

angle, outlook, perspective, shoes, slant, standpoint, viewpoint

Near Antonyms of notion

4 something imagined or pictured in the mind

that modernistic building does not match my notion of what a country cottage should look like

Synonyms of notion

abstraction, cogitation, concept, conception, idea, image, impression, intellection, mind's eye, picture, thought

Words Related to notion

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

Near Antonyms of notion

actuality, fact, reality

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

the popular notion that college athletes are airheads

Synonyms of notion

concept, conception, generality, generalization, stereotype

Words Related to notion

bromide, cliché (also cliche), commonplace, platitude, truism

adage, proverb, saw, saying

hypothesis, proposition, theory

oversimplification, simplification, simplism

Synonym Discussion of notion

idea, concept, conception, thought, notion, impression mean what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan). idea may apply to a mental image or formulation of something seen or known or imagined, to a pure abstraction, or to something assumed or vaguely sensed.

- innovative ideas
- my idea of paradise

concept may apply to the idea formed by consideration of instances of a species or genus or, more broadly, to any idea of what a thing ought to be.

- a society with no concept of private property

conception is often interchangeable with concept; it may stress the process of imagining or formulating rather than the result.

- our changing conception of what constitutes art

thought is likely to suggest the result of reflecting, reasoning, or meditating rather than of imagining.

- commit your thoughts to paper

notion suggests an idea not much resolved by analysis or reflection and may suggest the capricious or accidental.

- you have the oddest notions

impression applies to an idea or notion resulting immediately from some stimulation of the senses.

- the first impression is of soaring height

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