Antonyms for idea

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahy-dee-uh, ahy-deeuh

Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi ə, aɪˈdiə

Definition of idea

Origin : late 14c., "archetype of a thing in the mind of God; Platonic `idea,'" from Latin idea "idea," and in Platonic philosophy "archetype," from Greek idea "ideal prototype," literally "the look of a thing (as opposed to the reality); form; kind, sort, nature," from idein "to see," from PIE *wid-es-ya-, suffixed form of root *weid- "to see" (see vision). Sense of "result of thinking" first recorded 1640s.
Men of one idea, like a hen with one chicken, and that a duckling. [Thoreau, "Walden"]
Idée fixe (1836) is from French, literally "fixed idea."

noun something understood, planned, or

Example sentences :

The other idea was absurd—too wild for serious consideration.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

To solve their problem the engineers borrowed an idea from the Sumerians.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

And yet the idea cleaves to me strangely, and is liable to stick to my shroud.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

She disliked the idea of meeting Evelyn in the dean's office.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

When they were sitting at the door in the semidusk, he reverted to the idea.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

And then, like a light, an idea dawned in the face of the child.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He might plant two shots before there was a return; he let the idea slip away from him.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Neither will it satisfy me to have her exist merely in idea.
Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I have no idea that he will ever acquire the reputation of a great statesman.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Through what medium can the idea of servitude enter their minds?
Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for idea

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