think

1. (verb) bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
Related Words: alter, change

2. (verb) be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks"

3. (verb) 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"
Synonyms: cerebrate, cogitate
Related Words: associate, brainstorm, center, centre, chew over, concentrate, connect, contemplate, devote, focus, give, link, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, pay, philosophise, philosophize, plan, ponder, pore, puzzle over, reason, reflect, relate, rivet, ruminate, speculate, study, think, think about, think over, tie in

4. (verb) have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts"
Related Words: cerebrate, cogitate, think

5. (verb) 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"
Synonyms: guess, imagine, reckon, suppose
Related Words: anticipate, divine, expect, suspect

6. (verb) 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"
Synonyms: believe, conceive, consider
Related Words: consider, esteem, feel, hold, incline, judge, lean, look on, look upon, reckon, regard, regard as, repute, rethink, see, suspect, take to be, tend, think, think of, view

7. (verb) dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?"
Related Words: believe, conceive, consider, think

8. (verb) focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin"
Related Words: center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet

9. (verb) ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"
Related Words: cerebrate, cogitate, think

10. (verb) decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?"
Related Words: cerebrate, cogitate, think

11. (verb) imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"
Related Words: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine

12. (noun) (informal) an instance of deliberate thinking: "I need to give it a good think"
Related Words: advisement, deliberation, weighing

13. (verb) 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"
Synonyms: intend, mean
Related Words: aim, be after, design, plan, propose, purport, purpose, will, wish

14. (verb) 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"
Synonyms: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, remind, retrieve
Related Words: brush up, know, recognize, refresh, review



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