thinking

[ thing-king ]

adjective

1. rational; reasoning:

   People are thinking animals.

2. thoughtful; reflective:

   Any thinking person would reject that plan.

noun

1. thought; think; thought; judgment, reflection:

   clear thinking.

thinking

/ ˈθɪŋkɪŋ /

noun

1. opinion or judgment
2. the process of thought

adjective

1. prenominal using or capable of using intelligent thought

   thinking people

2. put on one's thinking cap
   to ponder a matter or problem

Other Words From

• thinking·ly adverb
• non·thinking adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of thinking¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English thenking (noun); think ¹, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

If this sounds silly, it’s because you are not thinking like a mouse.

From Slate

That’s hardly the number that Ramaswamy must have been thinking of with his Social Security exercise, but it’s still quite a hefty one.

From Slate

So then we start thinking, Well, what about capturing it for the screen it happens to be on right now?

From Los Angeles Times

This time, he’s saying with his early picks, there will be no one second guessing the leader or, in the words of his son, thinking they “know better” than a man with the nuclear codes.

From Salon

Even as he built an environmental legacy, Tanton was privately thinking more and more not just about the size of the population but about how to preserve what he described as the distinctiveness of European people.

From Salon

Related Words

• reasoning