🤔 Careful thought 🧠 Able to reason

thinking

63 3.6

Able to reason and understand, like humans and some animals

adjective
/ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/

: pensante

Her thinking skills helped her solve complex problems in class.

There's an explanation for these were thinking creatures with speech and ancient wisdom.

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Examples

The thinking dog seemed to understand the commands perfectly.
I go, yeah, that's the thinking mind that knows.
He approached the challenge with a critical thinking mindset.

Synonyms

intelligent

vsthinking

548 3.4

Able to think, understand, and learn new things

is the general capacity to reason and use intellect, not only high level

clear-thinking

vsthinking

7 4.2

Able to think calmly and logically without confusion or distraction

is overall capacity to reason and use intellect, not a clear method of using reason

Antonyms

mindless

57 4.1

Not thinking or paying attention before acting

unthinking

6 7.1

Slow to notice things and to understand what they mean

Idioms

what was someone thinking

152 8.6

To show surprise and criticism of a bad choice

Compounds

wishful thinking

Informal

45 4.1

Believing something you want will happen even though it is unlikely

critical thinking

43 4.1

Thinking carefully about information to make a clear decision

creative thinking

13 3.7

Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems

quick thinking

13 3.5

To think and react quickly when things go wrong

thinking cap

Informal

8 5.3

A quiet, focused way of thinking to solve a problem

logical thinking

5 3.7

A careful use of reason to solve problems

out-of-the-box thinking

Jargon

3 4.6

A way to find new, creative ideas to solve problems

analytic thinking

2 6.0

A way of looking at a problem by breaking it into smaller parts to see how they work together

lateral thinking

1 5.3

A way to solve problems by looking at them from new angles

blue-sky thinking

Jargon

1 6.4

A way to find new ideas that ignores practical limits

divergent thinking

1 6.3

A way of thinking that comes up with many different ideas to solve a problem

convergent thinking

Specialized

1 7.4

A way of using facts and reason to reach a single correct answer

synthetic thinking

1 7.4

Combining ideas from different fields to make a single clear whole

out of the box thinking

Jargon

4.4

To solve problems using new creative ideas

sclerotic thinking

Formal

9.3

Slow to accept new ideas or change

How Intelligent

brilliant

700 3.7

intelligent

548 3.4

thinking

63 3.6

unthinking

3 4.9

simple-minded

Offensive

18 7.1

Surface Forms

thinking positive

Morphology

thinking = think (transparent) = think + ing

The adjective is formed from the verb with -ing and denotes someone capable of or engaged in thought; meaning is directly related to 'think'.

Etymology

The word thinking as an adjective comes from the same base think plus -ing, so it describes someone or something that can 'think' or use their mind. That's why we call people or animals thinking when they can reason, solve problems, or make decisions.