thoughts

noun

plural of thought
1
as in considerations
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

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2
as in ideas
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?

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Recent Examples of thoughts If emotions swell midday, step outside and breathe until thoughts settle again. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 Bill, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts today on so many different topics. — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 Medical groups say that any thoughts about ending one's own life and attempt to act upon those thoughts can be defined as a suicide attempt, regardless of the outcome. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 If there was any question as to whether the front office believes this Cubs team can do damage in the postseason, their trade deadline moves should quell those thoughts. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026 While the mind operates in the realm of thoughts and the heart operates in the realm of feelings, the soul operates in the realm of pure being. — Dr. Shiny Burcu Unsal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Rather than avoiding thoughts about aging, experts recommend using these events to make small, healthy changes. — Jamie Ducharme, HEALTH, 4 Aug. 2026 But him being mentioned really triggered a series of conflicting thoughts in me. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 July 2026 Jason Sudeikis shared his thoughts on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughts
  1. considerations
  2. ideas
  3. deliberations
  4. notions
  5. pictures
  6. concepts
  7. impressions
  8. conceptions
Noun
  • This indicates a new phase in how higher education manages free speech, driven by practical considerations rather than just philosophy.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Seizing such a pick requires winning Rookie of the Year, so such considerations are a long shot.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of considerations
Noun
  • For now, though, soccer’s civil war appears to be heading toward an entrenched standoff of ideas and values.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Liverpool’s new manager turned Bournemouth into a highly efficient outfit during his time in charge there and could carry over some ideas to his latest club.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • The draft rules would require more documentation from parents who are homeless or unemployed, the people familiar with the deliberations told The Associated Press.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The draft rules would require more documentation from parents who are homeless or unemployed, the people familiar with the deliberations told the Associated Press.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of deliberations
Noun
  • 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
Definition of notions
Noun
  • Instead, Shemica, Luis and Immanuel’s pictures are on display on the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department’s cold case website.
    — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
  • An Intensity Slider – a simple sliding bar adjustment for controlling the depth, vibrancy, brightness and contrast of the TV’s pictures to compensate for viewing angles, onscreen reflections and simply different viewing tastes.
    — John Archer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pictures
Noun
  • Through the mid-1980s, Wolfram continued this work, discovering a number of fundamental connections between computation and nature, and inventing such concepts as computational irreducibility.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Over the past few years, Boots has been delving into its extensive data to test and try products and began introducing stand-alone beauty retail concepts, the latest of which opened in Bristol earlier this month.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of concepts
Noun
  • The early impressions of Downs were encapsulated in one moment during the team’s first training camp practice on Wednesday.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But what’s been clear through one week of camp is that the players angling for extensions have made strong early impressions.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of impressions
Noun
  • Are such dichotomous conceptions of the novel mutually exclusive?
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026
Definition of conceptions

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