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

1 sense of think

Sense 1
think -- (an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think")
       => deliberation, weighing, advisement -- (careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them")

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

13 senses of think

Sense 1
think, believe, consider, conceive -- (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")
       => evaluate, pass judgment, judge -- (form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people")

Sense 2
think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess -- (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"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up")
       => expect, anticipate -- (regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow")

Sense 3
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")
          Phrasal Verb-> think over#1; think out#1; think up#1

Sense 4
remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think -- (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")
          Phrasal Verb-> think back#1

Sense 5
think -- (imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!")
       => imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage -- (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?")

Sense 6
think -- (focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin")
       => concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet -- (direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies")

Sense 7
intend, mean, think -- (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")

Sense 8
think -- (decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?")
       => 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")

Sense 9
think -- (ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days")
       => 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")

Sense 10
think -- (dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?")
       => think, believe, consider, conceive -- (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")

Sense 11
think -- (have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts")
       => 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")

Sense 12
think -- (be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks")

Sense 13
think -- (bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")