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Synonyms & Antonyms for thinking
Synonyms: Adjective
intelligent, rational, reasonable, reasoning
Antonyms: Adjective
irrational, nonrational, nonthinking, unintelligent, unreasonable, unreasoning, unthinking
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Examples of thinking in a Sentence
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Form your own opinions: don't let others do your thinking for you! I've been doing some thinking about this, and I don't think you're right after all. The school's curriculum encourages independent thinking. A piece of quick thinking got us out of trouble. I'd like to know your thinking on this. What is the current thinking on the subject?Adjective
Chess is a thinking man's game. it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense
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While seemingly innocuous, these kinds of faulty Cold War analogies have led to some plainly wrong thinking about tech policy. — Wired, "Cold War Analogies are Warping Tech Policy," 5 Sep. 2019 That, more or less, sums up area Dickinson coach John Snelson's thinking in scheduling this non-district road test against state powerhouse Allen, a five-time state champion ranked No. — Jason Mcdaniel, Houston Chronicle, "High school football games to watch in Week 2," 4 Sep. 2019 Will too smart on the test mean too much thinking on the field and too much questioning in the locker room? — Rich Cohen, Harper's magazine, "The Wood Chipper," 19 Aug. 2019 While teaching children about the importance of reading and thinking critically, Franchina said her passion for learning and helping others was solidified. — Pomerado News, "Girl Scout earns Gold Award while promoting literacy," 16 Aug. 2019 That was the thinking behind a collaboration between the interior designer CeCe Barfield Thompson and the fashion designer Alexandra O’Neill and Christie’s. — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, "Christie's Makes Antiques Cool with Help from Markarian and CeCe Barfield," 12 Aug. 2019 Based on the lack of interest by players in the upcoming World Cup, perhaps that element of the NBA's thinking is misplaced. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Is One Last Dance 2.0 on the way?," 10 Aug. 2019 An associate since 2016, Engelkemeir was chosen for her expertise and innovative thinking to resolve a computer software issue. — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Business briefs: Hospital Auxiliary donation; hospital names SuperStars; Taney Corp. honors employee," 8 Aug. 2019 Later today, the company will also put up a blog post explaining its thinking. — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, "Android Q’s back gesture controversy, explained," 8 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college. — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, "Save the lambs: ‘Most hated man in Yellow Springs’ fights to keep Ohio college from killing animals," 28 Aug. 2019 Credit Gus Malzahn for being proactive and thinking long-term in choosing his starting quarterback. — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, "AL.com All-Access: Does Bo Nix change Auburn’s outlook for 2019?," 22 Aug. 2019 The quick-thinking team administrator came up with a solution – flag down a tour bus. — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, "San Diego Padres forced to take San Francisco tour bus to game," 25 June 2018 These are the most vulnerable parts [of the brain] and can be easily damaged, so your libido can run a bit more wild when it’s not being curtailed by the higher thinking part of the brain. — Kate Morgan, The Cut, "A Head Injury Really Could Alter Your Self-Perception," 20 Apr. 2018 Sometimes surgeries require more thinking beforehand. — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, "Why do some doctors refuse to give women IUDs?," 15 Oct. 2017 These moments suggest a thinking failure of his own: a failure to examine the inapt moral equivalences and disguised elitism inherent in his brand of provocation. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: Michael Moore, Bragging on Broadway, in ‘The Terms of My Surrender’," 10 Aug. 2017 Which is why the response by any thinking Republican, or one even with a modicum of decency, was complete silence. — Stephen A. Nuño, NBC News, "Opinion: Trump Wrecks Our Environment and Latinos Will Be Cleaning Up the Mess," 2 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'thinking.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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