Antonyms for ideas
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ahy-dee-uh, ahy-deeuh  |
Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi ə, aɪˈdiə |
Definition of ideas
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
- There is hardly an exception to this in the whole history of Caucasian ideas.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It might not meet your ideas of what a spot so named should be.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Her husband had ideas on that subject, and had imbued her with them.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- The sinister association of ideas made Mary shudder, but she said no more.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He was trying to fit his own ideas of luxury to a garden hose and a city street.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Just when I had all my ideas fixed for fifteen, I get twenty-two and have to reassemble them.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Due chiefly to the ideas about God are its uniqueness and its force.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- Simba selected Mali-ya-bwana to accompany him, but this did not meet Kingozi's ideas.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Then, perhaps, says another, the essence of a bull lies in confusion of ideas.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Whether to call it a confusion of expressions or of ideas, I can't tell.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Synonyms for ideas
- aim
- approximation
- belief
- believed abstraction
- brainstorm
- clue
- concept
- conception
- conclusion
- conviction
- design
- doctrine
- end
- essence
- estimate
- fancy
- feeling
- flash
- form
- guess
- hint
- hypothesis
- import
- impression
- inkling
- intention
- interpretation
- intimation
- judgment
- meaning
- notion
- object
- objective
- opinion
- pattern
- perception
- plan
- purpose
- reason
- scheme
- sense
- significance
- solution
- suggestion
- suspicion
- teaching
- theory
- thought
- understanding
- view
- viewpoint
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