Notion

English

Noun

Notion (plural Notions)

1. Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notæ.
2. A sentiment; an opinion.
3. (obsolete) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.
4. (colloquial) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.
5. (colloquial) Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.

Verbs for Notion

adopt—; cling to—; convey—; disprove—; distort—; embrace—; entertain—; entrench—; explode—; express—; gather —s; inculcate—; inherit—; justify—; retain—; ridicule—; scoff at—; tolerate—; —misleads; —persists.

Thesaurus

apprehension, assumption, attitude, automatic response, bare suggestion, bee, blind impulse, boutade, brain wave, brainstorm, capriccio, caprice, climate of opinion, clue, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, crank, craze, crazy idea, crotchet, cue, drive, estimate, estimation, ethos, eye, fad, fancy, fantastic notion, fantasy, feeling, flash, fleeting impulse, flimflam, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, general belief, general idea, gut response, half an idea, harebrained idea, hazy idea, hint, humor, idea, image, imago, impression, impulse, inclination, indication, inkling, inspiration, instinct, intellection, intellectual object, intimation, involuntary impulse, judgment, kink, lights, maggot, megrim, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, mental picture, mere notion, mind, mystique, natural impulse, observation, opinion, passing fancy, perception, personal judgment, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, presumption, prevailing belief, public belief, public opinion, quick hunch, quirk, reaction, recept, reflection, reflex, representation, sentiment, sight, sneaking suspicion, stance, sudden thought, suggestion, supposition, suspicion, telltale, theory, thinking, thought, toy, urge, vagary, vague idea, view, way of thinking, whim, whim-wham, whimsy, wind

Etymology

From Latin notio, French noscere (“to know”): compare French notion. See Know.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃən

See also

• concept
• conception
• meaning

Translations

mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception

Azeri: fikir (az), anlayış (az), məfhum (az) Czech: pojem (cs) m. Dutch: notie (nl) f. German: Ahnung (de) f., Ansicht (de) f., Auffassung (de) f., Begriff (de) m., Denkbild (de) n., Gedanke (de) m., Idee (de) f. Hungarian: gondolat (hu), elképzelés (hu), elgondolás (hu), fogalom (hu) Kurdish: مه‌فهوم

Macedonian: поим (mk) (poím) m., претстава (mk) (prétstava) f. Polish: pojęcie (pl) n. Portuguese: noção (pt) f., idéia (pt) f. Romanian: noţiune (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: smaoin (gd) f. Spanish: noción (es) f. Turkish: fikir (tr), kavram (tr), mefhum (tr), nosyon (tr) Vietnamese: khái niệm (vi)

sentiment; an opinion

Czech: představa (cs) f. German: Einfall (de) m. Macedonian: мисла (mk) (mísla) f., став (mk) (stav) m.

Portuguese: noção f., opinião f. Scottish Gaelic: smaoin (gd) f. Turkish: görüş (tr)

inclination; intention; disposition

German: Neigung (de) f. Macedonian: намера (mk) (námera) f.

Portuguese: intenção (pt) f. Turkish: eğilim (tr)