Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun out-of-the-box_thinking

1 sense of out-of-the-box thinking

Sense 1
divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking -- (thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity)
       => 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")