Synonyms for notion
ˈnoʊ ʃən

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1. impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion(noun)

   a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

   "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

   Synonyms:
   persuasion, touch, public opinion, flavour, stamp, mental picture, imprint, smell, ruling, view, legal opinion, flavor, tactile sensation, whim, impression, touch sensation, thought, printing, effect, picture, opinion, belief, sentiment, spirit, tactual sensation, tone, popular opinion, whimsy, feel, judgment, judgement, feeling, depression, whimsey, vox populi, intuitive feeling, look

2. notion(noun)

   a general inclusive concept

   Synonyms:
   impression, whimsey, whimsy, opinion, whim, belief, feeling

3. notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey(noun)

   an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

   "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

   Synonyms:
   whimsicality, whimsy, impression, feeling, flightiness, opinion, whim, caprice, whimsey, capriciousness, belief, impulse, arbitrariness

4. notion(noun)

   (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items

   "buttons and needles are notions"

   Synonyms:
   impression, whimsey, whimsy, opinion, whim, belief, feeling

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. notion

   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, idea, ideal, image, imagination, impression, judgment, model, opinion, pattern, plan, purpose, sentiment, supposition, theory, thought

   Antonyms:
   actuality, fact, reality, substance

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. notion

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, idea, conception, judgment, opinion, belief, expectation, sentiment

   Antonyms:
   misapprehension, falsification, misbelief, misjudgment, frustration, misconception

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1. notion(n.)

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

2. notion(n.)

   Synonyms:
   opinion, sentiment, apprehension, judgment, belief, view, impression, estimation, conceit, conviction

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1. notion(n)

   Synonyms:
   conception, idea, concept, opinion, judgment, belief, view, inclination, intention, disposition, knicknack, device

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1. List of paraphrases:

   concept, idea, concepts, term, conception, principle

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1. Charlie Rose Snags Sean Penn:

   We know the Mexican government, they clearly were humiliated by the notion that someone found him before they did, nobody found him before they did. We are not smarter than the DEA, or Mexican intelligence. We had a contact upon which we were able to facilitate an invitation.

2. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël:

   Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.

3. Chris Iggo:

   I disagree entirely with the notion that the decline in oil prices is negative and adds to the deflationary outlook.

4. Ian Stewart:

   We reject the notion in the media that any contract with a Papua New Guinea entity is tainted by corruption – we find this notion offensive, we do not have any bad debts or failed contracts.

5. Steve Lambeth:

   This notion that what qualifies you as a Washington outsider is marching from the hinterlands.

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