Classes Intellectual Faculties Creative Thought
Creative Thought
Nouns
supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, theory
thesis, theorem
data
proposition, position
proposal etc. (plan) Plan
presumption etc. (belief) Belief
divination. conjecture
guess, guesswork, speculation
rough guess, shot, shot in the dark [Coll.]
conjecturality
surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion
estimate, approximation (nearness) Nearness . inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression
bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion. association of ideas, (analogy) Existence 4-supposition">Supposition.1
metonym [Gramm.] , metonymy [Gramm.] , simile (metaphor) Metaphor . conceit, idea, thought
original idea, invention (imagination) Imagination .
Verbs
suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine
theorize
presume, presurmise, presuppose
assume, fancy, wis, take it
give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted
imagine etc. Imagination . put forth
propound, propose
start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion
hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture. allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head. suggest itself etc. (thought) Thought
run in the head etc. (memory) Memory
marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.
Adjectives
supposing etc. v.
given, mooted, postulatory
assumed etc. v.
supposititious, suppositive, suppositious
gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative
suppositional. suggestive, allusive.
Adverbs
if, if so be
an
on the supposition etc. n.
in the case, in the event of
quasi, as if, provided
perhaps etc. (by possibility) Possibility
for aught one knows.
Nouns
analogy, association, association of ideas. metaphor etc. Metaphor . analogical thinking
free association
train of thought.
Nouns
imagination
originality
invention
fancy
inspiration
verve. warm imagination, heated imagination, excited imagination, sanguine imagination, ardent imagination, fiery imagination, boiling imagination, wild imagination, bold imagination, daring imagination, playful imagination, lively imagination, fertile imagination, fancy. mind's eye
" such stuff as dreams are made of" [Tempest] . ideality, idealism
romanticism, utopianism, castle-building. dreaming
phrensy, frenzy
ecstasy, extasy
calenture etc. (delirium) Insanity
reverie, trance
day dream, golden dream
somnambulism. conception, excogitation, a fine frenzy
" cloudland, dreamland
flight of fancy, fumes of fancy
thick coming fancies" [Macbeth]
creation of the brain, coinage of the brain
imagery. conceit, maggot, figment, myth, dream, vision, shadow, chimera
phantasm, phantasy
fantasy, fancy
whim, whimsey, whimsy
vagary, rhapsody, romance, gest, geste, extravaganza
air drawn dagger, bugbear, nightmare. flying Dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky
Utopia, Atlantis, happy valley, millennium, fairyland
land of Prester John, kindgom of Micomicon
work of fiction etc. (novel) Description
Arabian nights
dream of Alnashar etc. (hope) Hope . illusion etc. (error) Error
phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
vapor etc. (cloud) [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.]
stretch of the imagination etc. (exaggeration) Exaggeration
mythogenesis. idealist, romanticist, visionary
mopus
romancer, dreamer
somnambulist
rhapsodist etc. (fanatic) Madman
castle-buildier, fanciful projector.
Verbs
imagine, fancy, conceive
idealize, realize
dream, dream of, dream up
give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream] . create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate
improvise, strike out something new. set one's wits to work
strain one's invention, crack one's invention
rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains
excogitate
brainstorm. give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy
indulge in reverie. visualize, envision, conjure up a vision
fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself
suggest itself etc. (thought) Thought .
Adjectives
imagined etc. v.
air drawn, airbuilt. imagining etc. v., imaginative
original, inventive, creative, fertile. romantic, high flown, flighty, extravagant, fanatic, enthusiastic, unrealistic, Utopian, Quixotic. ideal, unreal
in the clouds
unsubsantial etc. Unsubstantiality
illusory etc. (fallacious) Error . fabulous, legendary
mythical, mythic, mythological
chimerical
imaginary, visionary
notional
fancy, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical
whimsical
fairy, fairy-like
gestic.
Phrases
a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron]
dolphinum appingit sylvis in fluctibus dolphinum appingit sylvis in fluctibus aprum [Horace]
imagination rules the world" [Napoleon]