light-bulb moment
Flash of insight
A light-bulb moment is a flash of sudden understanding or insight—the instant when something clicks into place.
The image comes from cartoons depicting a light bulb appearing above a character's head to signal an idea: I had a light-bulb moment and realized we'd been solving the wrong problem.
- aha momentSudden flash of understanding
- ideaMental formation
- bright ideaClever sudden thought
- inventionNew device or method
- epiphanySudden profound insight
insight · mental leap · eureka · flash of insight · realization · sudden clarity · clarity · illuminating · thought · discovery · ingenuity · enlightening · awareness · imagination · comprehension · revelation · breakthrough · stroke of genius
light-bulb momentconfusion
Mental disorientation or bewilderment
bewilderment · incomprehension · mental fog · mental block · bafflement
light-bulb momentmental block
Inability to retrieve thoughts
writer's block · hitting a wall · dead end · blind spot · stuck in a rut
light, bulb, lights, bulbs, lighted, lighting, lighter, lightest, lighten