THINKING (OF) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

thinking (of)

verb

Definition of thinking (of)

present participle of think (of)

as in remembering

to bring back to mind that postcard from Florida makes me think of all the fun we used to have there as kids

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Being a kid and remembering that, rainy nights and then moving to California and glamping in the desert.

— Joe Lynch, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
In this vivid and vigorous new biography, literary critic Hermione Lee makes the case for Brookner as a literary figure worth not only remembering but celebrating.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

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How could living without symptoms — the vexing troubles with concentration, word finding, recalling new facts, the loss of a mental map — be an experience of something?

— Jason Karlawish, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
Indeed, the 18th century looks very scrubbed and pretty here, Cathal Watters’ handsome widescreen cinematography at times recalling the more idealizing 19th-century landscape painters.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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