notions
Half-formed mental inklings
Notions has two distinct uses.
In the plural, notions are ideas or beliefs, often ones that are vague, fanciful, or mistaken: She had romantic notions about country life.
Separately, notions refers to small useful items for sewing—buttons, pins, thread, ribbons—sold together in a shop's notions department or at a notions counter.
Fiber for stitching
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- pinPointed metal fastener
- thimblePitted cap for stitching
- buttonDisc through a hole
snap · zipper · elastic · velcro · ribbon · trim · bobbin · pincushion
Firmly held belief
- creedStatement of belief
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
ideology · faith · superstition · preconception · assumption · misconception · prejudice · opinion
Mental formation
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- principleFundamental truth or standard
understanding · perception · insight · knowledge · conception · construct · paradigm · schema
thread
Fiber for stitching
button · snap · zipper · elastic · velcro · ribbon · trim · bobbin · pincushion · scissors
conviction
Firmly held belief
doctrine · ideology · faith · superstition · preconception · assumption · misconception · prejudice · opinion · view
idea
Mental formation
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
principle · understanding · perception · insight · knowledge · conception · construct · paradigm · schema · hypothesis
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
- dressmakingsewing, fabric, pattern, fitting, hem
- fashion industryfashion, fashion design, fashion designers, fashion shows, fashion week
- fabric storecloth, fabric, textiles, cotton, silk
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- sewing suppliesneedle, needles, thread, pins, scissors
notionsfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
certainties · truths · knowledge · convictions · realities
notionsrealities
Things that exist
actualities · facts · beings · things · entities
notionsclarity
State of being understandable
misunderstandings · confusions · comprehension · delusions · misconceptions
- sewing notionsSmall crafting supplies
- false notionIncorrect belief or idea