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
• 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

thinking

2 of 3

noun

as in meditation

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thinking

Adjective

Credit Gus Malzahn for being proactive and thinking long-term in choosing his starting quarterback. — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 22 Aug. 2019

The quick-thinking team administrator came up with a solution – flag down a tour bus. — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 June 2018

Noun

The bigger those two factor primes are, conventional thinking goes, the harder their multiplication is to undo—a sentiment that has made RSA one of the world’s most popular encryption schemes since its debut nearly a half-century ago. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026

OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, does more thinking beyond human oversight, boosting capabilities but raising concerns about loss of control. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Verb

And the handcrafted, surreal warmth of Henson’s puppets and Muppets is a useful touchpoint when thinking about what the future of robots, literally, can look like. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Five to six years ago, certainly, people were not thinking about agentic AI systems that can plan and complete multi-step tasks with little to no human intervention. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026