Notion

Quick meaning: Notion is a noun meaning Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

Meaning

Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

More Meanings

1. A sentiment; an opinion.
2. (colloquial) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
3. Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
4. (colloquial) Inclination; intention; predisposition; disposition.
5. (Ireland, colloquial, in the plural) Pretentiousness or overambition.
6. (obsolete) Sense; mind.

Example Sentences

The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.

What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.

Who wrought with them, and all things else that might / To half a soul and to a notion crazed / Say, 'Thus did Banquo.'

That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.

Word Forms

• notions

Synonyms for notion

Depending on context, synonyms include feeling, belief, impression, whim, whimsy, notions.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include belief, feeling, whim, whimsey, whimsy, impression.

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