notion
Something you sense
A notion is an idea, belief, or concept, often one that's vague or not fully formed: I had a notion that something was wrong.
It can suggest whimsy or impulse: She took a notion to learn piano.
In the plural, notions are small useful items sold in stores—buttons, thread, pins, ribbons—miscellaneous accessories for sewing and crafts.
Sensed inner state
- sensePerception or judgment
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
gut feeling · intuition · whim · fancy · glimmer · hint · suggestion · sneaking suspicion
Mental formation
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- understandingMental comprehension of something
thought · thesis · hypothesis · premise · paradigm · postulate · conjecture · proposition
Elaborate or decorative
- impulseSudden urge to act
- urgeStrong inner drive
- capriceUnpredictable urge or notion
- inclinationDisposition toward something
desire · vagary · flight of fancy · brainstorm · inspiration · passing fancy · random thought
feeling
Sensed inner state
suspicion · gut feeling · intuition · whim · fancy · glimmer · hint · suggestion · sneaking suspicion · fleeting thought
idea
Mental formation
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- principleFundamental truth or standard
understanding · thought · thesis · hypothesis · premise · paradigm · postulate · conjecture · proposition · generalization
fancy
Elaborate or decorative
inclination · desire · vagary · flight of fancy · brainstorm · inspiration · passing fancy · random thought
conviction
Firmly held belief
creed · doctrine · tenet · dogma · ideology · worldview · credo · philosophy · persuasion · position
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- dressmakingsewing, fabric, pattern, fitting, hem
- intangiblesabstraction, ideas, trust, concept, morale
- sewing suppliesneedle, needles, thread, pins, scissors
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- impressionsimpression, first impression, false impression, wrong impression, feeling
notionfact
Verifiable piece of information
certainty · knowledge · truth · proof · conviction
notionreality
What actually exists
actuality · truth · the facts · material fact · misconception
notionmisconception
Erroneous belief or understanding
misapprehension · falsification · delusion · error · fallacy
- short noticeInadequate advance notification
- give noticeFormally announce resignation
- termination noticeFormal dismissal document
- two weeks' noticeCustomary job departure warning
- advance noticePrior notification of events
- taking noticeBecoming aware of something