thinks up
Creates in mind
To think up is to invent or devise something through mental effort—an idea, excuse, plan, or solution: She thought up a clever way to save money, He's always thinking up new schemes.
The phrase emphasizes creative generation rather than discovery: you think up something that didn't exist before.
Faculty for forming ideas
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- originalityNovel creative quality
- creativityCapacity for original thought
inspiration · fantasy · daydream · reverie · whimsy · visualization · mind's eye · muses
Place for making or learning
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- whiteboardErasable marker writing surface
- mindmapRadial idea diagram
- roundtableLeaderless group discussion
teamwork · dialogue · facilitation · post-its · flipchart · moderator · huddle · jam session
Sudden profound insight
- aha momentSudden flash of understanding
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- realizationGrasping what's true
insight · discovery · lightbulb moment · brainwave · inspiration · flash · stroke of genius · breakthrough
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- originalityNovel creative quality
creativity · inspiration · fantasy · daydream · reverie · whimsy · visualization · mind's eye · muses · improvisation
workshop
Place for making or learning
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- whiteboardErasable marker writing surface
- mindmapRadial idea diagram
roundtable · teamwork · dialogue · facilitation · post-its · flipchart · moderator · huddle · jam session · powwow
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- aha momentSudden flash of understanding
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
realization · insight · discovery · lightbulb moment · brainwave · inspiration · flash · stroke of genius · breakthrough · clarity
brainstorming
Generating many ideas freely
formulates · generates · conceives · concocts · hatches · conjures · produces · originates · coins · imagines
thinks uprecalls
Remembers or withdraws products
remembers · recollects · retrieves · calls to mind · dredges up
thinks upforgets
Loses from memory
abandons · discards · drops · scraps · suppresses
thinks upcopies
Makes identical versions
imitates · borrows · plagiarizes · replicates · reproduces
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