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