think
Use your brain
It’s all in your mind.
Some meanings of think relate to the actual activity of thinking (I’ve thought long and hard about climate change), and others to the products of thinking, such as opinions: I think we should find more alternative fuels.
You can also express a plan or intention with think (I think I’ll stay in tonight).
Phrasal verbs that use think, such as think up and think through, also refer to mental activity.
Consider something thoroughly
- ponderThink deeply about
- ruminateThink deeply and repeatedly
- museThink deeply about
- introspectObserve one's own mind
meditate · brood · cogitate · deliberate · consider · dwell · reconsider · mull over
Consider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- foreseePredict future events
- predictDeclare future outcomes
- envisionPicture in thought
hope · await · contemplate · forecast · project · estimate · conjecture · speculate
Firmly held belief
- faithTrust without proof
- trustConfidence in another
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
certainty · doubt · skepticism · suppose · presume · reckon · guess · conclude
Indulge in wishful thinking
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- envisionPicture in thought
dream up · conjure · brainstorm · invent · creativity · inspiration · what-if · hypothesize
Science of valid reasoning
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- analysisMethodical study of parts
evaluation · assessment · problem-solving · rationality · deliberation · judgment · synthesis · scrutiny
Study of right conduct
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
empiricism · rationalism · existentialism · stoicism · inquiry · wisdom · contemplation · abstraction
Focused attention practice
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- presenceState of being somewhere
- focusConcentrated attention point
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
clarity · concentration · attention · breathwork · centering · grounding · consciousness · observing
Capacity for original thought
- ideationForming mental concepts
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- inventionNew device or method
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
originality · breakthrough · problem-solving · outside the box · reconceptualize · reimagine · innovate · visionary
contemplate
Consider something thoroughly
introspect · meditate · brood · cogitate · deliberate · consider · dwell · reconsider · mull over · reflect
expect
Consider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- foreseePredict future events
- predictDeclare future outcomes
envision · hope · await · contemplate · forecast · project · estimate · conjecture · speculate · assume
conviction
Firmly held belief
assumption · certainty · doubt · skepticism · suppose · presume · reckon · guess · conclude · maintain
fantasize
Indulge in wishful thinking
envision · dream up · conjure · brainstorm · invent · creativity · inspiration · what-if · hypothesize · suppose
logic
Science of valid reasoning
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
analysis · evaluation · assessment · problem-solving · rationality · deliberation · judgment · synthesis · scrutiny · examination
ethics
Study of right conduct
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- logicScience of valid reasoning
dialectic · empiricism · rationalism · existentialism · stoicism · inquiry · wisdom · contemplation · abstraction · theoretical
meditation
Focused attention practice
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- presenceState of being somewhere
- focusConcentrated attention point
stillness · clarity · concentration · attention · breathwork · centering · grounding · consciousness · observing · noticing
creativity
Capacity for original thought
- ideationForming mental concepts
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- inventionNew device or method
ingenuity · originality · breakthrough · problem-solving · outside the box · reconceptualize · reimagine · innovate · visionary · pioneering
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- TH Wordsthe, this, that, them, they
- cognitionreasoning, thought, cognition, remembering, memory retrieval
- irregular verbsbegin, began, begun, break, broke
- mental processesreasoning, cognition, pondering, attention, contemplating
- deliberationdeliberation, consideration, ponder, contemplate, weighing
- think aboutDirect mind toward
- think twiceDeliberate before acting
- think againRevise your reasoning
- to thinkProcess ideas mentally
- wishful thinkingBelief shaped by desire
- think ofMentally produce or recall
thinking, thinker, think of, thinks, unthinking, rethink, think up, think about, unthinkable