freedom of thought | the right to hold unpopular ideas |
creativity creativeness creative thinking | the ability to create |
thinking thought thought process cerebration intellection mentation | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully, thinking always made him frown, she paused for thought |
reasoning logical thinking abstract thought | thinking that is coherent and logical |
analysis analytic thinking | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
line of thought | a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group |
train of thought thread | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together, I couldn't follow his train of thought, he lost the thread of his argument |
synthesis synthetic thinking | the combination of ideas into a complex whole |
reconsideration second thought afterthought rethink | thinking again about a choice previously made, he had second thoughts about his purchase |
convergent thinking | thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution) |
divergent thinking out-of-the-box thinking | thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions, associated with creativity |
food food for thought intellectual nourishment | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking |
idea thought | the content of cognition, the main thing you are thinking about, it was not a good idea, the thought never entered my mind |
lateral thinking | a heuristic for solving problems, you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on |
wishful thinking | the illusion that what you wish for is actually true |
imagination image thought-image | a mental image produced by the imagination |
doctrine philosophy philosophical system school of thought ism | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
opinion sentiment persuasion view thought | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty, my opinion differs from yours, I am not of your persuasion, what are your thoughts on Haiti? |
thought | the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual, th century thought, Darwinian thought |
deism free thought | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation |
telepathy thought transference | apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions |
mulled cider | sweet cider heated with spices and citrus fruit |
mulled wine | wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit |
Mull | an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides |
mull | a term used in Scottish names of promontories, the Mull of Kintyre |
thinking cap | a state in which one thinks |
c chew over think over meditate ponder excogitate contemplate muse reflect mull mull over ruminate speculate ccbbb | reflect deeply on a subject, I mulled over the events of the afternoon, philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years, The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate |
mull | heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink, mulled cider |
free-thinking latitudinarian undogmatic undogmatical | unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) |
clearheaded clear-thinking | not mentally confused, able to think clearly and act intelligently |
intelligent reasoning(a) thinking(a) | endowed with the capacity to reason |
respected well-thought-of | receiving deferential regard, a respected family |
challenging thought-provoking | stimulating interest or thought, a challenging hypothesis, a thought-provoking book |
bemused deep in thought(p) lost(p) preoccupied | deeply absorbed in thought, as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class, lost in thought, a preoccupied frown |
well thought out(p) | resulting from careful thought, the paper was well thought out |