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Synonyms for thinking
ˈθɪŋ kɪŋthink·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentationadjective
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
"thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
Synonyms:
persuasion, idea, cerebration, opinion, view, sentiment, intellection, thought process, mentation, thoughtAntonyms:
irrationalintelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)adjective
endowed with the capacity to reason
Antonyms:
irrational
Editors Contribution
hopping
when we are hopping some one we are thinking his/her
i am hopping that she will come today
Dictionary of English Synonymes
thinkingnoun
Synonyms:
reflection, meditation, cogitation, musing, contemplationthinkingnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
thinkingadjective
Synonyms:
rational, pensive, reflective, contemplative, cogitative, introspectivethinkingnoun
Synonyms:
cogitation, meditation, contemplation, thought
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "thinking":
ideological, thought, reflection, ideology, mentality, reasoning, mindset, ideas, thoughts, idea, philosophy, reflections, think, pensamiento, mind, believing, concept, justwondering, logic
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#79 | view | |
#325 | think | |
#991 | thought | |
#1074 | mind | |
#1197 | ideas | |
#1234 | idea | |
#1471 | opinion | |
#1972 | thinking | |
#2122 | thoughts | |
#2511 | concept | |
#2747 | philosophy | |
#3198 | logic | |
#7228 | reflection | |
#8923 | reasoning | |
#9623 | reflections | |
#12807 | believing | |
#13863 | ideology | |
#15505 | sentiment | |
#17571 | ideological | |
#19283 | persuasion | |
#20270 | mentality | |
#23788 | mindset | |
#54778 | mentation | |
#169394 | pensamiento | |
#247243 | intellection |
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As I’m older now, I can’t even fathom why Lorraine let me stay there, lots of times I think about, ‘Why did I do this? Why did I screw up my life like this?’ Sometimes I get angry thinking about it, how so much was taken away from me.
It's kind of a reciprocity, they see us trying to muscle in on what they see as their sphere of influence. (Russia is likely thinking), 'If they can do it to us, we can do it them.'.
When it comes to a bullying culture, you can't just leave it to the victims -- the bereaved parents -- to do the work of removing this abhorrent behavior, facebook Messenger has done incredible things. They are so forward thinking. Why can't they come up with the technology, with the algorithm to find a solution to this problem ?
You can talk to anybody. You’re going to get a wave back from everybody, if you’ve been thinking about visiting Kentucky, you should definitely visit Kentucky.
We are in a situation that we cannot just think about the Plan A ... but we are seriously thinking and preparing ourselves for the Plan B.
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