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tenable, not unlikely, plausible, believable, credible: It is
hardly thinkable that they can be serious.
thinker n. sage, wise man, savant, Nestor, Solomon, pundit, mastermind,
philosopher, scholar, learned person, mentor, expert: She has
been looked on as one of the great thinkers of her time.
thinking adj. 1 rational, sensible, ratiocinative, intelligent,
reasoning, reasonable; meditative, contemplative, reflective,
philosophical, cogitative, pensive, thoughtful, intellectual:
Any thinking person would have done the same as you.
--n. 2 opinion, judgement, belief, thought, point of view,
viewpoint, assessment, evaluation, theory, reasoning,
conclusion, idea, philosophy, outlook: There is nothing either
good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Do you concur with the
current thinking on education?
thirst n. 1 craving, desire, appetite, hunger, eagerness, avidity,
ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness, lust, passion,
enthusiasm, fancy, hankering, longing, yearning, Colloq itch,
yen: It was the thirst for gold that drove them mad. She has an
insatiable thirst for knowledge.
--v. 2 Often, thirst for or after. crave, desire, hunger for or
after, lust for or after, fancy, hanker for or after, long for,
yearn for, wish for: These men are thirsting for power.
thirsty adj. 1 parched, dry, dehydrated; arid: I need another drink -
I'm really thirsty. The thirsty land welcomes the rain. 2
desirous, hungry, avid, eager, ravenous, voracious, burning,
greedy, avaricious, hankering, yearning, craving, Colloq
itching: The students are thirsty for knowledge and very
hard-working.
thorn n. 1 barb, spine, spike, prickle, bristle, brier, bur or burr,
point, bramble, cocklebur: My sleeve caught on the thorn and
tore. 2 Often, thorn in (one's) side. bother, irritation,
annoyance, nuisance, vexation, torment, torture, scourge,
plague, affliction, irritant, bane, Colloq pain in the neck,
Taboo slang pain in the Brit arse or US ass: His nagging
brother has been a thorn in his side for years.