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thinking


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  think 
 
  5  of  13  senses  of  think 
 
  Sense  1 
  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive 
  =>  hold 
  =>  suspect 
  =>  rethink 
  =>  think 
  =>  think  of  repute,  regard  as  look  upon  look  on  esteem,  take  to  be 
  =>  feel 
  =>  see  consider,  reckon,  view,  regard 
 
  Sense  2 
  think,  opine,  suppose,  imagine,  reckon,  guess 
  =>  divine 
  =>  suspect 
 
  Sense  3 
  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
  =>  puzzle  over 
  =>  rationalize 
  =>  think 
  =>  philosophize,  philosophise 
  =>  brainstorm 
  =>  chew  over  think  over  meditate,  ponder,  excogotate,  contemplate,  muse,  reflect,  mull,  mull  over  ruminate,  speculate 
  =>  reason 
  =>  study,  meditate,  contemplate 
  =>  plan 
  =>  associate,  tie  in  relate,  link,  link  up  connect 
  =>  concentrate,  focus,  center,  centre,  pore,  rivet 
  =>  give  pay  devote 
  =>  think  about 
  =>  think 
  =>  think 
 
  Sense  4 
  remember,  retrieve,  recall,  call  back  call  up  recollect,  remind,  think 
  =>  know 
  =>  recognize,  recognise 
  =>  review,  brush  up  refresh 
 
  Sense  7 
  intend,  mean  think 
  =>  design 
  =>  plan  be  after 
  =>  aim  purpose,  purport,  propose 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  think 
 
  5  of  13  senses  of  think 
 
  Sense  1 
  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive 
  =>  hold 
  =>  suspect 
  =>  rethink 
  =>  backpedal 
  =>  about-face 
  =>  think 
  =>  think  of  repute,  regard  as  look  upon  look  on  esteem,  take  to  be 
  =>  feel 
  =>  see  consider,  reckon,  view,  regard 
  =>  expect 
  =>  reconsider 
  =>  include 
  =>  count 
  =>  subsume,  colligate 
  =>  carry 
  =>  call 
  =>  like 
  =>  relativize 
  =>  identify 
  =>  favor,  favour 
  =>  abstract 
  =>  reify 
  =>  hypostatize 
  =>  idealize,  idealise 
  =>  romanticize,  romanticise,  glamorize 
  =>  deify 
  =>  apotheosize,  apotheose 
  =>  deem,  hold  view  as  take  for 
  =>  respect,  esteem,  value,  prize,  prise 
  =>  think  the  world  of 
  =>  reverence,  fear,  revere,  venerate 
  =>  enshrine,  saint 
  =>  worship 
  =>  admire,  look  up  to 
  =>  envy 
  =>  disrespect,  disesteem 
  =>  undervalue 
  =>  make 
  =>  capitalize,  capitalise 
  =>  prize,  value,  treasure,  appreciate 
  =>  do  justice 
  =>  recognize,  recognise 
  =>  honor,  honour,  reward 
  =>  toast,  drink,  pledge,  salute,  wassail 
  =>  give 
  =>  ennoble,  dignify 
  =>  award,  bestow  an  award  upon 
  =>  decorate 
  =>  rubricate 
 
  Sense  2 
  think,  opine,  suppose,  imagine,  reckon,  guess 
  =>  divine 
  =>  suspect 
 
  Sense  3 
  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
  =>  puzzle  over 
  =>  rationalize 
  =>  think 
  =>  philosophize,  philosophise 
  =>  brainstorm 
  =>  chew  over  think  over  meditate,  ponder,  excogotate,  contemplate,  muse,  reflect,  mull,  mull  over  ruminate,  speculate 
  =>  theologize,  theologise 
  =>  introspect 
  =>  bethink 
  =>  deliberate,  cogitate 
  =>  see 
  =>  premeditate 
  =>  take  counsel,  consult 
  =>  debate 
  =>  brood,  worry,  dwell 
  =>  wonder,  question 
  =>  scruple 
  =>  puzzle 
  =>  reason 
  =>  ratiocinate 
  =>  calculate,  cipher,  cypher,  compute,  work  out  reckon,  figure 
  =>  extract 
  =>  process 
  =>  prorate 
  =>  miscalculate 
  =>  recalculate 
  =>  average,  average  out 
  =>  factor,  factor  in  factor  out 
  =>  add  add  together 
  =>  subtract,  deduct,  take  off 
  =>  multiply 
  =>  square 
  =>  cube 
  =>  raise 
  =>  divide,  fraction 
  =>  halve 
  =>  quarter 
  =>  interpolate,  extrapolate 
  =>  differentiate 
  =>  integrate 
  =>  survey 
  =>  triangulate 
  =>  estimate,  gauge,  approximate,  guess,  judge 
  =>  misgauge 
  =>  place  put  set 
  =>  give 
  =>  lowball,  underestimate 
  =>  make 
  =>  reckon,  count 
  =>  guesstimate 
  =>  budget 
  =>  capitalize,  capitalise 
  =>  overcapitalize,  overcapitalise 
  =>  resolve,  solve 
  =>  factorize,  factorise 
  =>  speculate 
  =>  guess,  venture,  hazard 
  =>  predict,  foretell,  prognosticate,  call  forebode,  anticipate,  promise 
  =>  read 
  =>  secondguess,  outguess 
  =>  augur 
  =>  bet,  wager 
  =>  forecast,  calculate 
  =>  prophesy 
  =>  vaticinate 
  =>  enlighten,  irradiate 
  =>  suspect,  surmise 
  =>  suppose,  say 
  =>  study,  meditate,  contemplate 
  =>  plan 
  =>  schedule 
  =>  time 
  =>  book 
  =>  calendar 
  =>  slot 
  =>  chart 
  =>  project,  propose 
  =>  offer 
  =>  introduce 
  =>  frame,  outline,  compose,  draw  up 
  =>  plot 
  =>  conspire,  cabal,  complot,  conjure,  machinate 
  =>  counterplot 
  =>  scheme,  intrigue,  connive 
  =>  scheme 
  =>  intend,  destine,  designate,  specify 
  =>  mean 
  =>  design 
  =>  slate 
  =>  calculate,  aim  direct 
  =>  mastermind,  engineer,  direct,  organize,  organise,  orchestrate 
  =>  choreograph 
  =>  lay  out 
  =>  block  out 
  =>  loft 
  =>  schedule 
  =>  program,  programme 
  =>  reschedule 
  =>  associate,  tie  in  relate,  link,  link  up  connect 
  =>  remember 
  =>  identify 
  =>  free-associate 
  =>  think  of  have  in  mind,  mean 
  =>  mention,  advert,  bring  up  cite,  name  refer 
  =>  commend,  remember 
  =>  speak  of  the  devil 
  =>  remember 
  =>  touch  on 
  =>  invoke,  appeal 
  =>  namedrop 
  =>  raise,  bring  up 
  =>  drag  up  dredge  up 
  =>  cross-refer 
  =>  relate 
  =>  harmonize,  harmonise 
  =>  accommodate,  reconcile,  conciliate 
  =>  proportion 
  =>  concentrate,  focus,  center,  centre,  pore,  rivet 
  =>  steep,  immerse,  engulf,  plunge,  engross,  absorb,  soak  up 
  =>  drink  in  drink 
  =>  recall 
  =>  think 
  =>  zoom  in 
  =>  listen,  hear,  take  heed 
  =>  incline 
  =>  give  pay  devote 
  =>  think  about 
  =>  mind,  worry 
  =>  worry,  care 
  =>  consider,  take  deal  look  at 
  =>  contemplate 
  =>  entertain,  think  of  toy  with  flirt  with  think  about 
  =>  dally,  trifle,  play 
  =>  abstract 
  =>  warm  to 
  =>  think 
  =>  think 
 
  Sense  4 
  remember,  retrieve,  recall,  call  back  call  up  recollect,  remind,  think 
  =>  know 
  =>  recognize,  recognise 
  =>  identify 
  =>  mistake,  misidentify 
  =>  type  typecast 
  =>  taste 
  =>  review,  brush  up  refresh 
  =>  rehash,  hash  over 
 
  Sense  7 
  intend,  mean  think 
  =>  design 
  =>  plan  be  after 
  =>  think  out 
  =>  aspire,  aim  shoot  for 
  =>  overshoot 
  =>  hope,  go  for 
  =>  aim  purpose,  purport,  propose 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  think 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  think 
 
  13  senses  of  think 
 
  Sense  1 
  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive 
  =>  judge 
 
  Sense  2 
  think,  opine,  suppose,  imagine,  reckon,  guess 
  =>  expect,  anticipate 
 
  Sense  3 
  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
  Also  See->  think  over#1;  think  out#1;  think  up#1 
 
  Sense  4 
  remember,  retrieve,  recall,  call  back  call  up  recollect,  remind,  think 
  Also  See->  think  back#1 
 
  Sense  5 
  think 
  =>  imagine,  conceive  of  ideate,  envisage 
 
  Sense  6 
  think 
  =>  concentrate,  focus,  center,  centre,  pore,  rivet 
 
  Sense  7 
  intend,  mean  think 
  =>  will  wish 
 
  Sense  8 
  think 
  =>  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
 
  Sense  9 
  think 
  =>  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
 
  Sense  10 
  think 
  =>  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive 
 
  Sense  11 
  think 
  =>  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
 
  Sense  12 
  think 
 
  Sense  13 
  think 
  =>  change,  alter 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  think 
 
  think  used  as  a  verb  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  13) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  think 
 
  Sense  8 
  think 
  =>  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
 
  Sense  9 
  think 
  =>  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  1 
  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive 
  =>  judge 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  think,  opine,  suppose,  imagine,  reckon,  guess 
  =>  expect,  anticipate 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  remember,  retrieve,  recall,  call  back  call  up  recollect,  remind,  think 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  5 
  think 
  =>  imagine,  conceive  of  ideate,  envisage 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  6 
  think 
  =>  concentrate,  focus,  center,  centre,  pore,  rivet 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  7 
  intend,  mean  think 
  =>  will  wish 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  10 
  think 
  =>  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  11 
  think 
  =>  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  12 
  think 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  13 
  think 
  =>  change,  alter 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  thinking 
  analytic  thinking 
  freethinking 
  lateral  thinking 
  logical  thinking 
  synthetic  thinking 
  thinking 
  thinking  cap 
  wishful  thinking 
 
  Overview  of  noun  thinking 
 
  The  noun  thinking  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  thinking,  thought,  cerebration,  intellection,  mentation  --  (the  process  of  thinking  (especially  thinking  carefully);  "thinking  always  made  him  frown";  "she  paused  for  thought") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  think 
 
  The  verb  think  has  13  senses  (first  7  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (277)  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive  --  (judge  or  regard;  look  upon  judge;  "I  think  he  is  very  smart";  "I  believe  her  to  be  very  smart";  "I  think  that  he  is  her  boyfriend";  "The  racist  conceives  such  people  to  be  inferior") 
  2.  (190)  think,  opine,  suppose,  imagine,  reckon,  guess  --  (expect,  believe,  or  suppose;  "I  imagine  she  earned  a  lot  of  money  with  her  new  novel";  "I  thought  to  find  her  in  a  bad  state";  "he  didn't  think  to  find  her  in  the  kitchen";  "I  guess  she  is  angry  at  me  for  standing  her  up") 
  3.  (111)  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate  --  (use  or  exercise  the  mind  or  one's  power  of  reason  in  order  to  make  inferences,  decisions,  or  arrive  at  a  solution  or  judgments;  "I've  been  thinking  all  day  and  getting  nowhere") 
  4.  (8)  remember,  retrieve,  recall,  call  back  call  up  recollect,  remind,  think  --  (recall  knowledge  from  memory;  have  a  recollection:  "I  can't  remember  saying  any  such  thing";  "I  can't  think  what  her  last  name  was";  "can  you  remember  her  phone  number?"  "Do  you  remember  that  he  once  loved  you?";  "call  up  memories") 
  5.  (4)  think  --  (imagine  or  visualize;  "Just  think--you  could  be  rich  one  day!";  "Think  what  a  scene  it  must  have  been!") 
  6.  (3)  think  --  (focus  one's  attention  on  a  certain  state;  "Think  big";  "think  thin") 
  7.  (2)  intend,  mean  think  --  (have  in  mind  as  a  purpose;  "I  mean  no  harm";  "I  only  meant  to  help  you";  "She  didn't  think  to  harm  me";  "We  thought  to  return  early  that  night") 
  8.  think  --  (decide  by  pondering,  reasoning,  or  reflecting;  "Can  you  think  what  to  do  next?") 
  9.  think  --  (ponder;  reflect  on  or  reason  about  "Think  the  matter  through";  "Think  how  hard  life  in  Russia  must  be  these  days") 
  10.  think  --  (dispose  the  mind  in  a  certain  way  "Do  you  really  think  so?") 
  11.  think  --  (have  or  formulate  in  the  mind;  "think  good  thoughts") 
  12.  think  --  (be  capable  of  conscious  thought;  "Man  is  the  only  creature  that  thinks") 
  13.  think  --  (bring  into  a  given  condition  by  mental  preoccupation;  "She  thought  herself  into  a  state  of  panic  over  the  final  exam") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  thinking 
 
  The  adj  thinking  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cogitative,  thinking  --  (given  to  cogitation;  "he  looked  at  me  with  cogitative  eyes") 
  2.  intelligent,  reasoning,  thinking  --  (endowed  with  the  capacity  to  reason) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  thinking 
 
  2  senses  of  thinking 
 
  Sense  1 
  cogitative,  thinking(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  thoughtful)  ->  thoughtless 
 
  Sense  2 
  intelligent,  reasoning(postnominal),  thinking(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rational)  ->  irrational 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  thinking 
 
  2  senses  of  thinking 
 
  Sense  1 
  cogitative,  thinking(postnominal) 
  =>  thoughtful  (vs.  thoughtless) 
 
  Sense  2 
  intelligent,  reasoning(postnominal),  thinking(postnominal) 
  =>  rational  (vs.  irrational) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  thinking 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  thinking 
 
  thinking  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  thinking 
  clear-thinking 
  free-thinking 
  thinking 
  unthinking 
 
  Overview  of  noun  thinking 
 
  The  noun  thinking  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  thinking,  thought,  cerebration,  intellection,  mentation  --  (the  process  of  thinking  (especially  thinking  carefully);  "thinking  always  made  him  frown";  "she  paused  for  thought") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  think 
 
  The  verb  think  has  13  senses  (first  7  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (277)  think,  believe,  consider,  conceive  --  (judge  or  regard;  look  upon  judge;  "I  think  he  is  very  smart";  "I  believe  her  to  be  very  smart";  "I  think  that  he  is  her  boyfriend";  "The  racist  conceives  such  people  to  be  inferior") 
  2.  (190)  think,  opine,  suppose,  imagine,  reckon,  guess  --  (expect,  believe,  or  suppose;  "I  imagine  she  earned  a  lot  of  money  with  her  new  novel";  "I  thought  to  find  her  in  a  bad  state";  "he  didn't  think  to  find  her  in  the  kitchen";  "I  guess  she  is  angry  at  me  for  standing  her  up") 
  3.  (111)  think,  cogitate,  cerebrate  --  (use  or  exercise  the  mind  or  one's  power  of  reason  in  order  to  make  inferences,  decisions,  or  arrive  at  a  solution  or  judgments;  "I've  been  thinking  all  day  and  getting  nowhere") 
  4.  (8)  remember,  retrieve,  recall,  call  back  call  up  recollect,  remind,  think  --  (recall  knowledge  from  memory;  have  a  recollection:  "I  can't  remember  saying  any  such  thing";  "I  can't  think  what  her  last  name  was";  "can  you  remember  her  phone  number?"  "Do  you  remember  that  he  once  loved  you?";  "call  up  memories") 
  5.  (4)  think  --  (imagine  or  visualize;  "Just  think--you  could  be  rich  one  day!";  "Think  what  a  scene  it  must  have  been!") 
  6.  (3)  think  --  (focus  one's  attention  on  a  certain  state;  "Think  big";  "think  thin") 
  7.  (2)  intend,  mean  think  --  (have  in  mind  as  a  purpose;  "I  mean  no  harm";  "I  only  meant  to  help  you";  "She  didn't  think  to  harm  me";  "We  thought  to  return  early  that  night") 
  8.  think  --  (decide  by  pondering,  reasoning,  or  reflecting;  "Can  you  think  what  to  do  next?") 
  9.  think  --  (ponder;  reflect  on  or  reason  about  "Think  the  matter  through";  "Think  how  hard  life  in  Russia  must  be  these  days") 
  10.  think  --  (dispose  the  mind  in  a  certain  way  "Do  you  really  think  so?") 
  11.  think  --  (have  or  formulate  in  the  mind;  "think  good  thoughts") 
  12.  think  --  (be  capable  of  conscious  thought;  "Man  is  the  only  creature  that  thinks") 
  13.  think  --  (bring  into  a  given  condition  by  mental  preoccupation;  "She  thought  herself  into  a  state  of  panic  over  the  final  exam") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  thinking 
 
  The  adj  thinking  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cogitative,  thinking  --  (given  to  cogitation;  "he  looked  at  me  with  cogitative  eyes") 
  2.  intelligent,  reasoning,  thinking  --  (endowed  with  the  capacity  to  reason) 



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