Synonyms for think
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Believe — to be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as
believe, consider, suppose, reckon informal, imagine, suspect, take it, have opinion, presume, opine, deem, judge, take, surmise, conclude, conceive, infer, regard, hold, fancy, study, esteem
2. Ponder
ponder, cogitate, deliberate, reflect, muse, mull, ruminate, meditate, excogitate rare, cerebrate rare
4. Remember
Definitions
- v. 1
To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
Boxing is thought to be a dangerous sport.
- v. 2
To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
- v. 3
To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
"I should phone my mother," I thought.
- v. 4
To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
Related words
- Word family
- thinkable thinker thinko
- Phrases
- think of think much of think over think highly of think about think up think out think back
Example sentences
- believe They say he is guilty, but I believe the contrary.
- consider I do not consider her choice of music a happy one.
- imagine We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
- suppose I suppose we're a little too indulgent to the dog.
- reflect You reflect a quiet confidence in all that you do.
- ponder These are very disconcerting questions to ponder.
By length
- 4 letters
- take1, mean1, hold1, muse1, deem1, mull1
- 5 letters
- study2, judge1, fancy2, infer2, brood1, opine2
- 6 letters
- reason2, design2, expect2, regard2, intend2, esteem2, reckon2, ponder2
- 7 letters
- believe2, imagine3, purpose2, suppose2, suspect2, reflect2, presume2, foresee2, surmise2
- 8 letters
- remember3, consider3, conclude2, retrieve2, conceive2, meditate3, ruminate3, cogitate3
- 9 letters
- determine3, cerebrate
- 10 letters
- deliberate4, excogitate
- 11 letters
- concentrate3, contemplate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).