abstract thought

1. 1.

   thinking that is coherent and logical

   Synonymsreasoninglogical thinking

   Broaderthinking

   Narroweranalysisargumentationconjecturedeductioninferencepredictionratiocinationregresssynthesis

Questions about abstract thought

What does abstract thought mean?

abstract thought means "thinking that is coherent and logical".

What is another word for abstract thought?

Close synonyms include reasoning, logical thinking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abstract thought a common word?

abstract thought is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.