thought

1 of 2

noun

ˈthȯt

: something that is thought: such as

: an individual act or product of thinking

: a developed intention or plan

had no thought of leaving home

: something (such as an opinion or belief) in the mind

he spoke his thoughts freely

: the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of a period, place, group, or individual

contemporary Western thought

: the action or process of thinking : cogitation

: serious consideration : regard

archaic : recollection, remembrance

: reasoning power

: the power to imagine : conception

thought

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of think

Example Sentences

Noun He could easily have held the audience for a one-hour answer that ranged from his thoughts on jazz to his soap-opera career playing gangsters …

Calvin Trillin, Nation, 28 May 2007 … thoughts expressed while sitting alone at the keyboard would be put more diplomatically—or go unmentioned—face to face.

Daniel Goleman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2007 Yes, well don't forget, sir, we're viewing this with twenty-twenty hindsight, but at the time no one gave a thought to geckos or what they ate—they were just another fact of life in the tropics.

T. Coraghessan Boyle, Harper's, April 1993 My first thought was that something must have changed. The thought of leaving never crossed my mind. Do you have any thoughts about the subject? She abandoned all thoughts of going home. It was just a thought. She was lost in thought. She abandoned all thought of going home. They should have put more thought into the proposal. While you're enjoying the holidays, you should spare a thought for those who are less fortunate. He has no thought for anyone but himself. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

One school of thought is that many people who define themselves as moderate simply don’t pay much attention to politics and hold few if any consistent views on issues.

David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 There are two general schools of thought on the issue.

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 School of thought: A split Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Warrensville Heights City School District must share tax revenue from a corporate park with Beachwood City School District, Hancock reports.

Laura Hancock, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022 But those two primary lines of thought emerged, without conclusive evidence, one way or the other.

Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 For four years, linebacker Lawrence Richardson III passed photos at Hill Field House of the four Morgan State players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and didn’t give them much thought.

Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022 Turgenev was advancing, novelistically, a line of thought that runs through all his work.

Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 There are already several schools of thought there.

Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Aug. 2022 As anyone who's cared for a pet knows, the obligation to tend to its basic needs, even the gross ones, can be enough to derail the darkest trains of thought.

Holly Thomas, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022 See More

Medical Definition

thought

noun

ˈthȯt

: the action or process of thinking

: serious consideration

: reasoning power

: the power to imagine : conception

: something that is thought: as

: an individual act or product of thinking

: a developed intention or plan

he had no thought of leaving home

: something (as an opinion or belief) in the mind

she spoke her thoughts freely

: the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of a period, place, group, or individual

thought 1 of 2

noun

as in consideration

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

consideration
deliberation
reflection
study
debate
pondering
account
contemplation
advisement
hesitation
meditation
cogitation
introspection
rumination
indecision
agonizing
premeditation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

short shrift

as in idea

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?

Synonyms & Similar Words

idea
concept
notion
impression
conception
picture
image
cogitation
perception
guess
abstraction
observation
reflection
hunch
intellection
theory
assumption
premonition
belief
mind's eye
surmise
presentiment
apprehension
preconception
speculation
hypothesis
prejudice
whim
illusion
delusion
conjecture
hallucination
prepossession
fancy
cognition
conclusion
conviction
conceit
chimera
fantasm
freak
phantasm
supposition
caprice
brainstorm
inspiration
vagary
brain wave
kink
brainchild

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

fact
reality
actuality

thought

2 of 2

verb

past tense of think

as in believed

to have as an opinion I think we should wait for someone to come help us out

Synonyms & Similar Words

believed
guessed
figured
imagined
considered
felt
supposed
deemed
conceived
assumed
perceived
judged
reckoned
regarded
viewed
allowed
held
esteemed
accepted
surmised
presumed
concluded
relied
depended
inferred
trusted
deduced
presupposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

doubted
suspected
questioned
rejected
distrusted
mistrusted
discredited
disbelieved

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of thought are conception, concept, idea, impression, and notion. While all these words mean "what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan)," thought is likely to suggest the result of reflecting, reasoning, or meditating rather than of imagining.

commit your thoughts to paper

The words concept and thought are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, concept may apply to the idea formed by consideration of instances of a species or genus or, more broadly, to any idea of what a thing ought to be.

a society with no concept of private property

Conception is often interchangeable with concept; it may stress the process of imagining or formulating rather than the result.

our changing conception of what constitutes art

Although the words idea and thought have much in common, idea may apply to a mental image or formulation of something seen or known or imagined, to a pure abstraction, or to something assumed or vaguely sensed.

innovative ideas

my idea of paradise

The synonyms impression and thought are sometimes interchangeable, but impression applies to an idea or notion resulting immediately from some stimulation of the senses.

the first impression is of soaring height

While in some cases nearly identical to thought, notion suggests an idea not much resolved by analysis or reflection and may suggest the capricious or accidental.

you have the oddest notions

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释义	thought 1 of 2 noun ˈthȯt 1 : something that is thought: such as a : an individual act or product of thinking b : a developed intention or plan had no thought of leaving home c : something (such as an opinion or belief) in the mind he spoke his thoughts freely d : the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of a period, place, group, or individual contemporary Western thought 2 a : the action or process of thinking : cogitation b : serious consideration : regard c archaic : recollection, remembrance 3 a : reasoning power b : the power to imagine : conception thought 2 of 2 past tense and past participle of think Phrases a thought : a little : somewhat a thought too much vinegar in the dressing Synonyms Noun account advisement consideration debate deliberation reflection study See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun He could easily have held the audience for a one-hour answer that ranged from his thoughts on jazz to his soap-opera career playing gangsters … Calvin Trillin, Nation, 28 May 2007 … thoughts expressed while sitting alone at the keyboard would be put more diplomatically—or go unmentioned—face to face. Daniel Goleman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2007 Yes, well don't forget, sir, we're viewing this with twenty-twenty hindsight, but at the time no one gave a thought to geckos or what they ate—they were just another fact of life in the tropics. T. Coraghessan Boyle, Harper's, April 1993 My first thought was that something must have changed. The thought of leaving never crossed my mind. Do you have any thoughts about the subject? She abandoned all thoughts of going home. It was just a thought. She was lost in thought. She abandoned all thought of going home. They should have put more thought into the proposal. While you're enjoying the holidays, you should spare a thought for those who are less fortunate. He has no thought for anyone but himself. See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun One school of thought is that many people who define themselves as moderate simply don’t pay much attention to politics and hold few if any consistent views on issues. David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 There are two general schools of thought on the issue. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 School of thought: A split Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Warrensville Heights City School District must share tax revenue from a corporate park with Beachwood City School District, Hancock reports. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022 But those two primary lines of thought emerged, without conclusive evidence, one way or the other. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 For four years, linebacker Lawrence Richardson III passed photos at Hill Field House of the four Morgan State players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and didn’t give them much thought. Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022 Turgenev was advancing, novelistically, a line of thought that runs through all his work. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 There are already several schools of thought there. Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Aug. 2022 As anyone who's cared for a pet knows, the obligation to tend to its basic needs, even the gross ones, can be enough to derail the darkest trains of thought. Holly Thomas, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English, from Old English thōht; akin to Old English thencan to think — more at think First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a Phrases Containing thought lost in thought give (someone) pause for thought give a second thought to free thought food for thought thought patterns/processes thought-provoking second thought spare a thought for thought experiment thought-out train of thought well-thought-out well-thought-of perish the thought on second thought school of thought a thought lost my train of thought See More lost in thought give (someone) pause for thought give a second thought to free thought food for thought thought patterns/processes thought-provoking second thought spare a thought for thought experiment thought-out train of thought well-thought-out well-thought-of perish the thought on second thought school of thought a thought lost my train of thought See More Kids Definition thought 1 of 2 past tense and past participle of think thought 2 of 2 noun ˈthȯt 1 : the act or process of thinking She was deep in thought. 2 : something (as an idea or opinion) formed in the mind What are your thoughts on the matter? 3 : serious attention Give thought to the future. Medical Definition thought noun ˈthȯt 1 a : the action or process of thinking b : serious consideration 2 a : reasoning power b : the power to imagine : conception 3 : something that is thought: as a : an individual act or product of thinking b : a developed intention or plan he had no thought of leaving home c : something (as an opinion or belief) in the mind she spoke her thoughts freely d : the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of a period, place, group, or individual thought 1 of 2 noun 1 as in consideration 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 Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance consideration deliberation reflection study debate pondering account contemplation advisement hesitation meditation cogitation introspection rumination indecision agonizing premeditation Antonyms & Near Antonyms short shrift 2 as in idea 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? Synonyms & Similar Words idea concept notion impression conception picture image cogitation perception guess abstraction observation reflection hunch intellection theory assumption premonition belief mind's eye surmise presentiment apprehension preconception speculation hypothesis prejudice whim illusion delusion conjecture hallucination prepossession fancy cognition conclusion conviction conceit chimera fantasm freak phantasm supposition caprice brainstorm inspiration vagary brain wave kink brainchild Antonyms & Near Antonyms fact reality actuality thought 2 of 2 verb past tense of think as in believed to have as an opinion I think we should wait for someone to come help us out Synonyms & Similar Words believed guessed figured imagined considered felt supposed deemed conceived assumed perceived judged reckoned regarded viewed allowed held esteemed accepted surmised presumed concluded relied depended inferred trusted deduced presupposed Antonyms & Near Antonyms doubted suspected questioned rejected distrusted mistrusted discredited disbelieved See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of thought are conception, concept, idea, impression, and notion. While all these words mean "what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan)," thought is likely to suggest the result of reflecting, reasoning, or meditating rather than of imagining. commit your thoughts to paper The words concept and thought are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, concept may apply to the idea formed by consideration of instances of a species or genus or, more broadly, to any idea of what a thing ought to be. a society with no concept of private property Conception is often interchangeable with concept; it may stress the process of imagining or formulating rather than the result. our changing conception of what constitutes art Although the words idea and thought have much in common, idea may apply to a mental image or formulation of something seen or known or imagined, to a pure abstraction, or to something assumed or vaguely sensed. innovative ideas my idea of paradise The synonyms impression and thought are sometimes interchangeable, but impression applies to an idea or notion resulting immediately from some stimulation of the senses. the first impression is of soaring height While in some cases nearly identical to thought, notion suggests an idea not much resolved by analysis or reflection and may suggest the capricious or accidental. you have the oddest notions Phrases Containing thought second thought second thought
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