thought

Meanings

• the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
  • "the thought never entered my mind"
• the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
  • "she paused for thought"
• the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
  • "19th century thought"
  • "Darwinian thought"
• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
  • "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
• judge or regard; look upon; judge
• expect, believe, or suppose
  • "I thought to find her in a bad state"
• use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
• imagine or visualize
• focus one's attention on a certain state
• have in mind as a purpose
  • "We thought to return early that night"
• decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
• ponder; reflect on, or reason about
• dispose the mind in a certain way
• have or formulate in the mind
  • "think good thoughts"
• be capable of conscious thought
• bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
  • "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"

Synonyms

believe, call back, call up, cerebrate, cerebration, cogitate, conceive, consider, guess, idea, imagine, intellection, intend, mean, mentation, opine, opinion, persuasion, recall, reckon, recollect, remember, retrieve, sentiment, suppose, think, thinking, thought process, view