thought process

Noun
  1. The process of using your mind to consider something carefully (synset 105778923)
    "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
    is a type of: higher cognitive process - cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought

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