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

1 sense of free association

Sense 1
free association -- (a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence)
       => thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation -- (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought")