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Nouns (21)

n. the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"

n. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

inch, in

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

indium, In, atomic number 49

n. a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite

thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

Indiana, Hoosier State, IN

n. federate state in the United States of America

Verbs (0)

Adverbs (5)

in, inside an enclosed space

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

in, inward, inwards

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

Adjectives (18)

lost

adj. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"

lost

adj. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"

lost

adj. not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"

lost

adj. incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor"

adj. holding office; "the in party"

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

adj. directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

lost, helpless

adj. unable to function; without help

confused, lost, disoriented

adj. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"

gone, kaput, lost, finished, done for

adj. destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"

Fuzzynyms (149)

abstraction, abstract

n. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

import, significance, implication

n. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

hint, tip

n. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

inkling, intimation

n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

hunch, suspicion, intuition

n. an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

notion

n. a general inclusive concept

gleam, gleaming, glimmer

n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

speculation, conjecture

n. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"

bit, morsel

n. a small quantity of anything; "a bit of paper was all he needed"

dash, style, panache, elan, flair

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

molecule

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

particle, speck, atom, molecule, mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, meditation, rumination, musing

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

examination, examen

n. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

calculation, deliberation

n. planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"

regard, attentiveness, heed, paying attention

n. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

speculation, theorization

n. the production or use of theories

conviction, strong belief

n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

feeling, impression, notion, belief

n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

view, opinion

n. a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

determination, decision, conclusion

n. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

hope

n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

denomination

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

feeling, impression, notion, belief

conception, concept

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

attitude, mental attitude

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

prognosis, forecast

n. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

feeling

n. the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

heart, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, affection, warmheartedness

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

fire, ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

inclination

n. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"

position, view, perspective

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, meditation, rumination, musing

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

study, cogitation

n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

judgment, judgement, sagacity, sagaciousness, discernment

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

intuition

n. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

prevision, prescience

n. the power to foresee the future

unreformable, irredeemable, irreclaimable, unredeemable

adj. insusceptible of reform; "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"

irrevocable, irrevokable

adj. incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare

at sea, confused, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, mazed, mixed-up

adj. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"

perplexed

adj. full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

misused

adj. used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose; "misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents"

wasted, squandered

adj. not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"

Synonyms (116)

lost

adj. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"

cursed, curst

adj. deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"

lost

adj. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"

unregenerate, unregenerated

adj. not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism"

irretrievable, unretrievable

adj. impossible to recover or recoup or overcome; "an irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment"

modish, stylish, in vogue, in style, a la mode, à la mode

adj. in the current fashion or style

chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

faddish, faddy

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

mod, modern, up-to-date, up to date

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

smart

adj. of or associated with people of fashion; "the fashionable side of town"; "the smart set"

trendsetting, trend-setting

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

trendy, voguish

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

inward, arriving, inbound

adj. directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

entering, ingoing

adj. "incoming class"; "the ingoing administration"; "ingoing data"

designate

adj. appointed but not yet installed in office

elect

adj. elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"

future, succeeding, next

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

inflowing, influent

adj. flowing inward

inpouring

adj. pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants"

prosperous, flourishing, thriving, booming, roaring, palmy, prospering

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

triple-crown

adj. unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

eminent

adj. having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

hitless, no-hit

adj. of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game"

made

adj. successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

productive

adj. yielding positive results

self-made

adj. having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"

winning, victorious

adj. having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"

winning

adj. bringing success; "the winning run"

abject, resigned, unhopeful

adj. showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"

black, dim, bleak

adj. offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

depressed, despairing, despondent, heartsick

adj. without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"

desperate, forlorn

adj. "a hopeless attempt"

futureless

adj. having no prospect or hope of a future

gloomy, pessimistic

adj. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"

incurable

adj. "a hopeless case"

insoluble

adj. without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem"

alienated, anomic, disoriented

adj. socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"

annihilated, exterminated, wiped out

adj. destroyed completely

desolate, wasted, blasted, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined

adj. "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"

blighted, spoilt

adj. affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"

obliterate, obliterated, blotted out

adj. reduced to nothingness

demolished, dismantled, razed

adj. torn down and broken up

raped, ravaged, despoiled, pillaged, sacked

adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"

extinguished

adj. of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement

wiped out, ruined, impoverished

adj. destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"

totaled, wrecked, totalled

adj. used of automobiles; completely demolished; "the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled"

war-torn, war-worn

adj. laid waste by war

Antonyms (7)

found

adj. come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

self-assured, self-confident

adj. showing poise and confidence in your own worth; "hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident"

saved

adj. rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul"

won

adj. not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game"

out

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

out

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

lost in thought

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