Synonyms of the word

excogitation

• n. Careful thought or consideration.

cerebration

• n. The act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity.

conception

• n. The act of conceiving.
• n. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
• n. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
• n. The start of pregnancy.
• n. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
• n. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation…
• n. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

creativeness

• n. The state of being creative; creativity.

creativity

• n. The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product that is useful to society.

design

• n. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
• n. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
• n. The composition of a work of art.
• n. Intention or plot.
• n. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
• n. The art of designing.
• v. (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

innovation

• n. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
• n. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs;.
• n. Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
• n. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

intellection

• n. (uncountable) The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind;…
• n. (countable) A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.
• n. (countable) The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or…

invention

• n. Something invented.
• n. The act of inventing.
• n. The capacity to invent.
• n. (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
• n. (archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

mentation

• n. Mental activity; the process of thinking.

thinking

• n. Gerund of think.
• v. present participle of think.

thought

• n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
• n. (uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
• n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of think.