Synonyms for idea
aɪˈdi ə, aɪˈdiə

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1. idea, thought(noun)

   the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

   "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

   Synonyms:
   view, thought, persuasion, theme, thought process, estimate, musical theme, cerebration, approximation, opinion, mind, intellection, mentation, thinking, melodic theme, sentiment, estimation

2. mind, idea(noun)

   your intention; what you intend to do

   "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"

   Synonyms:
   thought, thinker, theme, psyche, musical theme, approximation, estimate, creative thinker, mind, head, melodic theme, nous, judgement, judgment, brain, intellect, estimation

3. idea(noun)

   a personal view

   "he has an idea that we don't like him"

   Synonyms:
   theme, estimate, musical theme, approximation, mind, estimation, melodic theme, thought

4. estimate, estimation, approximation, idea(noun)

   an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

   "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

   Synonyms:
   theme, appraisal, estimate, musical theme, approximation, bringing close together, estimation, melodic theme, mind, thought

5. theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea(noun)

   (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

   "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

   Synonyms:
   theme, musical theme, paper, thought, radical, topic, composition, subject, report, motif, base, approximation, estimate, stem, mind, root, melodic theme, root word, estimation

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1. idea(noun)

   Synonyms:
   image

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. idea

   Idea is in Greek a form or an image. The word signified in early philosophical use the archetype or primal image which the Platonic philosophy supposed to be the model or pattern that existing objects imperfectly embody. This high sense has nearly disappeared from the word idea, and has been largely appropriated by ideal, tho something of the original meaning still appears when in theological or philosophical language we speak of the ideas of God. The present popular use of idea makes it to signify any product of mental apprehension or activity, considered as an object of knowledge or thought; this coincides with the primitive sense at but a single point — that an idea is mental as opposed to anything substantial or physical; thus, almost any mental product, as a belief, conception, design, opinion, etc., may now be called an idea. Compare FANCY; IDEAL.

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, archetype, belief, conceit, concept, conception, design, fancy, fantasy, ideal, image, imagination, impression, judgment, model, notion, opinion, pattern, plan, purpose, sentiment, supposition, theory, thought

   Antonyms:
   actuality, fact, reality, substance

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. idea

   Synonyms:
   image, notion, conception, belief, doctrine, supposition, understanding, fiction, fancy, thought, opinion, impression, sentiment

   Antonyms:
   object, form, subject, thing, reality

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. idea(n.)

   Synonyms:
   [In the Platonic philosophy.] archetype (conceived of as existing from eternity), pattern, model, exemplar, form, essence (common to many individual things and represented by a general term)

2. idea(n.)

   Synonyms:
   universal, concept, conception, notion, general or universal conception

3. idea(n.)

   Synonyms:
   object of thought, image in the mind, mental representation of an object

4. idea(n.)

   Synonyms:
   impression, apprehension, thought, fancy, conceit

5. idea(n.)

   Synonyms:
   opinion, belief, supposition, judgment, sentiment

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1. List of paraphrases:

   notion, concept, ideas, thought, clue, picture, thinking, view, perception, vision, suggestion, sense, conception, indication, insight, ideal, understanding, inkling, proposal, impression, thrust, brainchild, belief, principle, assumption

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