Noun

• S: (n) impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed) "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) idea, thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about) "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
• S: (n) inspiration (arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity)
• S: (n) cogitation (a carefully considered thought about something) "his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook"
• S: (n) concept, conception, construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
• S: (n) preoccupation (an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention)
• S: (n) misconception (an incorrect conception)
• S: (n) plan, program, programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished) "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
• S: (n) figment (a contrived or fantastic idea) "a figment of the imagination"
• S: (n) generalization, generalisation, generality (an idea or conclusion having general application) "he spoke in broad generalities"
• S: (n) suggestion (an idea that is suggested) "the picnic was her suggestion"
• S: (n) impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed) "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
• S: (n) reaction (an idea evoked by some experience) "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
• S: (n) theorem (an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth)
• S: (n) notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey (an odd or fanciful or capricious idea) "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
• S: (n) meaning, substance (the idea that is intended) "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
• S: (n) burden (the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse)
• S: (n) theme, motif (a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work) "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
• S: (n) ideal (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)
• S: (n) idealization, idealisation (something that exists only as an idea)
• S: (n) keynote (a fundamental or central idea)
• S: (n) kink (an eccentric idea)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) impression, effect (an outward appearance) "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
• S: (n) mental picture, picture, impression (a clear and telling mental image) "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"
• S: (n) depression, impression, imprint (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing) "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
• S: (n) stamp, impression (a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving) "he put his stamp on the envelope"
• S: (n) impression, printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time) "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
• S: (n) impression ((dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster) "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
• S: (n) impression (an impressionistic portrayal of a person) "he did a funny impression of a politician"
• S: (n) impression (the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another) "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"