| freedom of thought | the right to hold unpopular ideas |
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 |
| 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 |
reconsideration
second thought
afterthought
rethink | thinking again about a choice previously made, he had second thoughts about his purchase |
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 |
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 |
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 |