Chinese puzzle | intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes |
jigsaw puzzle | a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces |
puzzle | a game that tests your ingenuity |
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 |
puzzle puzzler mystifier teaser | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution, he loved to solve chessmate puzzles, that's a real puzzler |
crossword puzzle crossword | a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle |
telepathy thought transference | apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions |
monkey puzzle chile pine Araucaria araucana | large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts |
thinking cap | a state in which one thinks |
puzzle over | try to solve |
perplex vex stick get a puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound ca | be a mystery or bewildering to, This beats me!, Got me--I don't know the answer!, a vexing problem, This question really stuck me |
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 |
speculate theorize theorise conjecture hypothesize hypothesise hypothecate suppose | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds, Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps |
solve work out figure out puzzle out lick work d | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of, did you solve the problem?, Work out your problems with the boss, this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out, did you get it?, Did you get my meaning?, He could not work the math problem |
speculate | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion, We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal |
puzzle | be uncertain about, think about without fully understanding or being able to decide, We puzzled over her sudden departure |
speculate job | invest at a risk, I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating |
free-thinking latitudinarian undogmatic undogmatical | unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) |
confusing perplexing puzzling | lacking clarity of meaning, causing confusion or perplexity, sent confusing signals to Iraq, perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it, a puzzling statement |
clearheaded clear-thinking | not mentally confused, able to think clearly and act intelligently |
enigmatic enigmatical puzzling | not clear to the understanding, I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later, prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries |
at a loss(p) nonplused nonplussed puzzled | filled with bewilderment, at a loss to understand those remarks, puzzled that she left without saying goodbye |
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 |