thinking
Syllables: think·ing/ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
thinking noun: the action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something. Also the present participle and gerund of think.
Noun
thinking (usually uncountable, plural thinkings)
- The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
- Synonyms:
- mentation
- A thought.
- What is your thinking on this subject?
- But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847, archived from the original on 16 May 2024
Also used as
thinking is also the present participle and gerund of think.
thinking meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
thinking in Hindi
- thinking, thought
- सोचना socnā, विचारना vicārnā, चिंतन cintan, मनन manan
thinking in Tamil
- யோசிப்பது, சிந்திப்பது
thinking in Marathi
- thinking, thought
- विचार vicār
thinking in Bengali
- ভাবছে
More languagesFewer languages
- thinking in Telugu
- తలచుట talacuṭa
- thinking in Malayalam
- ചിന്തിക്കുന്നു
- thinking in Kannada
- ಯೋಚಿಸುವುದು
- thinking in Sanskrit
- चित्त citta
- thinking in Nepali
- सोच्दै, सोच्दै छ
Examples of thinking in a sentence
- Too busy thinking about my baby, and I ain't got time for nothing else.
- I think I'm in love—I can't stop thinking about her. She's perfect!
- I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
Synonyms of thinking
Forms of thinking
| plural | thinkings |
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Origin of thinking
From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think + -ing.
From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þenċende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijaną (“to think”), equivalent to think + -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).
Words formed from thinking
Phrases with thinking
- thinking of
- thinking on
- thinking up
- thinking big
- thinking out
- lean thinking
- thinking back
- thinking caps
- thinking good
- thinking over
- thinking about
- thinking aloud
36 more phrasesFewer phrases
- thinking twice
- thinking much of
- thinking through
- ways of thinking
- wishful thinking
- critical thinking
- thinking machines
- thinking out loud
- thinking straight
- thinking distances
- thinking little of
- thinking one is it
- trains of thinking
- thinking nothing of
- thinking of England
- thinking for oneself
- thinking the world of
- thinking with portals
- thinking on one's feet
- thinking man's crumpets
- thinking of the children
- thinking with one's dick
- thinking no end of oneself
- thinking one hung the moon
- thinking with one's little head
- thinking one is God's own cousin
- thinking one's shit doesn't stink
- lying back and thinking of England
- thinking the world revolves around one
- closing one's eyes and thinking of England
- shutting one's eyes and thinking of England
- thinking the sun shines out of someone's ass
- thinking the sun shines out of someone's arse
- thinking the sun shines out of someone's butt
- thinking all one's Christmases have come at once
- thinking the sun shines out of someone's backside
Words that rhyme with thinking
Questions about thinking
- What does thinking mean?
- Thinking means the action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
- What is thinking in Hindi?
- Thinking in Hindi is सोचना (socnā), विचारना (vicārnā), चिंतन (cintan). See Thinking meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thinking?
- Thinking is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thinking?
- Thinking is pronounced /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of thinking?
- The plural of thinking is thinkings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thinking (page history and authors); thinking (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thinking (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thinking (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thinking (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thinking (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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