ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

451. Thought -- N. thought; exercitation of the intellect † , exercise of the intellect;
intellection; reflection, cogitation, consideration, meditation, study, lucubration,
speculation, deliberation, pondering; head work, brain work; cerebration; deep reflection;
close study, application &c (attention) 457.
abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing; brown study &c (inattention)
458; reverie, Platonism; depth of thought, workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost
thoughts; self-counsel self-communing, self-consultation; philosophy of the Absolute,
philosophy of the Academy, philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum,
philosophy of the Porch.
association of thought, succession of thought, flow of thought, train of thought,
current of thought, association of ideas, succession of ideas, flow of ideas, train of ideas,
current of ideas.
after thought, mature thought; reconsideration, second thoughts; retrospection &c
(memory) 505; excogitation † ; examination &c (inquiry) 461; invention &c (imagination)
515.
thoughtfulness &c adj..
V. think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate † , consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow
consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate;
brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend the mind, apply the mind &c (attend) 457;
digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy &c (imagine) 515;
trow † .
take into consideration; take counsel &c (be advised) 695; commune with oneself,
bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run
over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise
with one's pillow.
rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel
one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work.
harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea &c 453; take into
one's head; bear in mind; reconsider.
occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike
one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the
mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten
itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.
make an impression; sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind; engross the thoughts.
Adj. thinking &c v.; thoughtful, pensive, meditative, reflective, museful † , wistful,
contemplative, speculative, deliberative, studious, sedate, introspective, Platonic,
philosophical.
lost in thought &c (inattentive) 458; deep musing &c (intent) 457.
in the mind, under consideration.
Adv. all things considered.
Phr. the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the
mind running upon; divinely, bent to meditation [Richard III]; en toute chose il faut
considerer la fin [Fr.]; fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought [O.
Meredith]; go speed the stars of Thought [Emerson]; in maiden meditation fancy-free
[M.N.D.]; so sweet is zealous contemplation [Richard III]; the power of thought is the
magic of the Mind [Byron]; those that think must govern those that toil [Goldsmith];