thought process

1. 1.

   the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

   “thinking always made him frown”

   “she paused for thought”

   Synonymsthinkingthoughtcerebrationintellectionmentation

   Broaderhigher cognitive process

   Narrowerfree associationconstructionreasoningline of thoughttrain of thoughtmysticismideationconsiderationexcogitationexplanation

Questions about thought process

What does thought process mean?

thought process means "the process of using your mind to consider something carefully".

What is another word for thought process?

Close synonyms include thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation. 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 thought process a common word?

thought process 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.