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thought

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Synonyms and Antonyms of thought

1 a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something

I'll give your request some thought and then let you know what my decision is

Synonyms of thought

account, advisement, consideration, debate, deliberation, reflection, study

Words Related to thought

cogitation, contemplation, meditation, pondering, rumination

agonizing, hesitation, indecision

Antonyms of thought

2 something imagined or pictured in the mind

I just had a thought: what if we both pitched in and bought him one big present instead of two smaller presents for his birthday?

Synonyms of thought

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

Words Related to thought

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 thought

actuality, fact, reality

Synonym Discussion of thought

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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