Synonyms of notions

notions

noun

plural of notion

as in novelties

small useful items

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• novelties
• sundries
• etceteras
• variety
• odds and ends
• baubles
• trinkets
• gewgaws
• knickknacks
• gadgets
• bric-a-brac
• hodgepodge
• jiggers
• miscellany
• gimmicks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of notions

Questioning of potential jurors captured the difficult quest of trying to find those who don’t have preconceived notions about the killing, which has been plumbed in several documentaries and countless podcasts and social media videos. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Burden of Justice is a tense legal drama where personal lives, professional duties and shifting notions of right and wrong collide. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

But Schleien considers official pietism—the theocratic strictures, the holy geographies, and Iron Age notions of vengeance—a threat in its own right, and one that exacerbates various security crises. — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

My work shows how the growing association between alligators and Black bodies was part of this larger campaign to reinforce notions of Black inferiority. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

What happens after that is committed to the good common sense of the client who usually leaves that office with only vague notions about what has been done so far and what needs to be done in the future. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Right’s multiculturalism Meanwhile, the American right was increasingly united less by biological notions of race and more by opposition to multiculturalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and liberalism. — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Crump has also rejected notions from law enforcement officials that Wells may have drowned, citing the teenager’s ability to swim well and his athletic past. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026

Her work examines fashion as a cultural and ideological system, with a focus on copying, repetition, and reuse as critical and pedagogical strategies to question dominant notions of originality and value. — Vogue, 30 July 2026