Synonyms of thinking

thinking 1 of 3

adjective

as in reasoning

having the ability to reason

it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reasoning
• rational
• intelligent
• reasonable
• logical
• analytical
• mental
• analytic
• cognitive
• intellectual
• practical
• cerebral
• sensible
• sane
• brainy
• cognitional
• highbrow
• highbrowed
• levelheaded
• sober

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• irrational
• unreasonable
• unthinking
• nonrational
• unintelligent
• stupid
• dumb
• unreasoning
• slow
• dense
• nonthinking
• mindless
• senseless
• obtuse
• dull
• dopey
• fatuous
• brainless
• illogical
• dorky
• fallacious
• nonsensical
• invalid
• doltish
• thickheaded
• groundless
• half-witted
• dopy

thinking

2 of 3

noun

as in meditation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meditation
• contemplation
• reflection
• musing
• retrospection
• awareness
• consciousness
• total recall
• understanding
• mind
• recollection
• memory
• hypermnesia
• perception
• cognizance
• comprehension
• reminiscence
• remembrance
• grasp
• apprehension
• grip

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repression
• amnesia
• forgetfulness

thinking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of think

as in believing

to have as an opinion

I think we should wait for someone to come help us out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believing
• guessing
• considering
• imagining
• figuring
• feeling
• supposing
• deeming
• judging
• conceiving
• perceiving
• assuming
• holding
• reckoning
• regarding
• viewing
• allowing
• accepting
• esteeming
• depending
• relying
• presuming
• trusting
• inferring
• surmising
• concluding
• presupposing
• deducing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioning
• doubting
• suspecting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• discrediting
• disbelieving

Examples of thinking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Sometimes surgeries require more thinking beforehand. —Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017

These moments suggest a thinking failure of his own: a failure to examine the inapt moral equivalences and disguised elitism inherent in his brand of provocation. —Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017

Noun

Advertisement For another thing, Harris has moved quickly and effectively to define her positions as squarely within the mainstream of current Democratic thinking: liberal, but a long way from anything resembling Marxism, which calls for government ownership of major industries. —Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024

These drugs can remove plaques and slow the disease process, but do not improve memory or thinking. —Jon Hamilton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2024