English noun: thought process | |||
1. | thought process (cognition) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully | ||
Samples | Thinking always made him frown. She paused for thought. | ||
Synonyms | cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought | ||
Broader (hypernym) | higher cognitive process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abstract thought, consideration, construction, convergent thinking, divergent thinking, excogitation, explanation, free association, ideation, line of thought, logical thinking, mental synthesis, mysticism, out-of-the-box thinking, planning, preparation, problem solving, provision, reasoning, thread, train of thought | ||