Overview of noun thought

The noun thought has 4 senses

• 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")


• 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")


• thought -- (the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought")


• 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?")

Overview of verb think

The verb think has 13 senses

• think, believe, consider, conceive -- (judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior")


• think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess -- (expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up")


• think, cogitate, cerebrate -- (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere")


• remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think -- (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories")


• think -- (imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!")


• think -- (focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin")


• intend, mean, think -- (have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night")


• think -- (decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?")


• think -- (ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days")


• think -- (dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?")


• think -- (have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts")


• think -- (be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks")


• think -- (bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam")