| think | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. think | an instance of deliberate thinking.; "I need to give it a good think" |
| ~ advisement, weighing, deliberation | careful consideration.; "a little deliberation would have deterred them" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. believe, conceive, consider, think | 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" |
| ~ hold | remain committed to.; "I hold to these ideas" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ rethink | change one's mind.; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" |
| ~ think | dispose the mind in a certain way.; "Do you really think so?" |
| ~ look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, look on, think of | look on as or consider.; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" |
| ~ feel | have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think | 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" |
| ~ anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| ~ suspect | hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty.; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. cerebrate, cogitate, think | 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" |
| ~ puzzle over | try to solve. |
| ~ rationalise, rationalize | think rationally; employ logic or reason.; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" |
| ~ think | have or formulate in the mind.; "think good thoughts" |
| ~ philosophise, philosophize | reason philosophically. |
| ~ brainstorm | try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it. |
| ~ chew over, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate | 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" |
| ~ reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ meditate, contemplate, study | think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes.; "He is meditating in his study" |
| ~ plan | make plans for something.; "He is planning a trip with his family" |
| ~ associate, colligate, link, relate, connect, tie in, link up | make a logical or causal connection.; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ devote, pay, give | dedicate.; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" |
| ~ think about | have on one's mind, think about actively.; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first" |
| ~ think | ponder; reflect on, or reason about.; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days" |
| ~ think | decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting.; "Can you think what to do next?" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, 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" |
| ~ know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| ~ recognize, recognise | perceive to be the same. |
| ~ brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| v. (creation) | 6. think | imagine or visualize.; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. think | focus one's attention on a certain state.; "Think big"; "think thin" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. 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" |
| ~ design | intend or have as a purpose.; "She designed to go far in the world of business" |
| ~ be after, plan | have the will and intention to carry out some action.; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" |
| ~ purpose, aim, purport, propose | propose or intend.; "I aim to arrive at noon" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. think | decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting.; "Can you think what to do next?" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | 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" |
| ~ think | ponder; reflect on, or reason about.; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. think | ponder; reflect on, or reason about.; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | 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" |
| ~ think | decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting.; "Can you think what to do next?" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. think | dispose the mind in a certain way.; "Do you really think so?" |
| ~ think, believe, conceive, consider | 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. think | have or formulate in the mind.; "think good thoughts" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. think | be capable of conscious thought.; "Man is the only creature that thinks" |
| v. (change) | 14. think | bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation.; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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