THOUGHT PROCESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does thought process mean? 

• THOUGHT PROCESS (noun)
  The noun THOUGHT PROCESS has 1 sense:

1. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

  Familiarity information: THOUGHT PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THOUGHT PROCESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of using your mind to consider something carefully

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process

Context example:

she paused for thought

Hypernyms ("thought process" is a kind of...):

higher cognitive process (cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thought process"):

free association (a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence)

construction; mental synthesis (the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)

abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)

line of thought (a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group)

thread; train of thought (the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together)

mysticism (obscure or irrational thought)

ideation (the process of forming and relating ideas)

consideration (the process of giving careful thought to something)

excogitation (thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it)

explanation (thought that makes something comprehensible)

planning; preparation; provision (the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening)

problem solving (the thought processes involved in solving a problem)

convergent thinking (thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution))

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)

 Context examples 

He waited, though he knew in his secret heart what she was about to say, so visible was her thought process to him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Behind those black eyes he knew every thought process.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)