school of thought

Questions about school of thought

What is another word for school of thought?

It depends which school of thought you mean. In the sense “a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school”, the synonyms are doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, ism. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of school of thought?

WordNet records no antonym for school of thought. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for school of thought come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of school of thought

• Full entry for school of thoughtAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for school of thoughtWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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