thought up
Created in mind
Thought up means invented or devised, usually referring to ideas, plans, or schemes: Who thought up this ridiculous plan?
The phrase suggests mental creation rather than discovery—something that didn't exist until someone imagined it: She thought up a clever solution on the spot.
- imaginedFormed in the mind
- devisedPlanned or invented
- inventedCreated something new
- createdCaused to exist
- conceivedOriginated in thought
dreamed up · came up with · dreamed · made up · brainstorm · batted around · envision · developed · fantasize · generated · ideate · concocted · hatched · formulated · conjured · fabricated · cooked up · ponder
thought updiscovered
Found something previously unknown
found · recalled · remembered · stumbled upon · uncovered
thought upforgot
Failed to recall
let go of · dismissed · abandoned · discarded · suppressed
thought uprecalled
Brought back mentally
remembered · forgot · recollected · retrieved · recognized