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Nouns (1)

think

n. an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"

Verbs (19)

think

v. imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"

think

v. have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts"

think

v. dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?"

think

v. bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"

intend, mean

v. 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"

cogitate, cerebrate

v. 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"

opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess

v. 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"

remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect

v. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (52)

gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

make, create

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

hold

v. remain committed to; "I hold to these ideas"

wonder, marvel

v. be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"

understand, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

presume

v. take liberties or act with too much confidence

hope, trust, desire

v. expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

hope, go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

cogitate

v. consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind

manufacture

v. create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"

wonder, question

v. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"

theorize

v. form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"

evaluate, pass judgment, judge

v. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

understand, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

consider

v. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

propose, suggest, advise

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

venture

v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

identify

v. consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

reminisce

v. recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon"

hark back, return, come back, recall

v. go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

Synonyms (2)

remember, think of

v. keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"

Antonyms (14)

acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know

v. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

forget, block, blank out, draw a blank

v. be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

conviction > look > look forward to > doctrine > anticipate > wait for > think

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