All conception synonyms

noun conception

• beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
• impression — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
• concept — A concept is an idea or abstract principle.
• interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
• conceit — Conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great.
• appreciation — Appreciation of something is the recognition and enjoyment of its good qualities.
• perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
• realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
• notion — a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something: a notion of how something should be done.
• origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
• fertilization — an act, process, or instance of fertilizing.
• image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
• fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
• inkling — a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation: They hadn't given us an inkling of what was going to happen.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
• dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
• meditation — the act of meditating.
• version — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
• picture — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
• clue — A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
• apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
• cognition — Cognition is the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
• thought — Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.
• representation — the act of representing.
• speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
• musing — absorbed in thought; meditative.
• philosophizing — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
• intellection — the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
• apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
• outset — the beginning or start: I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.
• initiation — formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• invention — the act of inventing.
• formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
• inception — beginning; start; commencement.
• insemination — to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
• impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
• germination — to begin to grow or develop.
• considering — You use considering to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
• cogitating — to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.
• communing — to partake of the Eucharist.
• deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
• fancying — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
• imagining — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
• speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
• understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
• grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.