English noun: out-of-the-box thinking | |||
1. | out-of-the-box thinking (cognition) 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 | ||
Synonyms | divergent thinking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process | ||
Part meronym | creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | ||
Antonyms | convergent thinking | ||