Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brainstorming

1 sense of brainstorming

Sense 1
brainstorming -- (a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions; "we had an intense brainstorming session today")
       => group action -- (action taken by a group of people)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brainstorm

1 sense of brainstorm

Sense 1
brainstorm -- (try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it)
       => think, cogitate, cerebrate -- (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")