Brainstorm

Quick meaning: Brainstorm is a verb meaning (intransitive) To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.

Meaning

(intransitive) To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To participate in a brainstorming session.
2. (transitive) To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively.
3. (US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
4. A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
5. (British) An unexpected mental error.
6. Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”).

Example Sentences

electrical brainstorm

I need you to brainstorm some suggestions for next week's activity schedule.

I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.

On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one.

Word Forms

• brainstorms
• brainstorming
• brainstormed
• brain-storm
• brain storm

Synonyms for brainstorm

Depending on context, synonyms include brainwave, insight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include insight, brainwave, idea, gather, collect, reflect.

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