Synonyms for idea
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ahy-dee-uh, ahy-deeuh  |
| Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi ə, aɪˈdiə |
Top 10 synonyms for idea Other synonyms for the word idea
- aim
- approximation
- believed abstraction
- brainstorm
- clue
- conception
- conviction
- doctrine
- end
- essence
- estimate
- fancy
- flash
- guess
- hint
- hypothesis
- import
- impression
- inkling
- intimation
- judgment
- object
- objective
- opinion
- pattern
- perception
- plan
- purpose
- reason
- scheme
- sense
- significance
- solution
- suggestion
- suspicion
- teaching
- theory
- thought
- understanding
- view
- viewpoint
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for idea
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