notion
noun
[ ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n ]
• a conception of or belief about something.
• "children have different notions about the roles of their parents"
Similar:
idea,
belief,
concept,
conception,
conviction,
opinion,
view,
thought,
impression,
image,
perception,
mental picture,
assumption,
presumption,
hypothesis,
theory,
supposition,
feeling,
funny feeling,
suspicion,
sneaking suspicion,
hunch,
understanding,
awareness,
knowledge,
clue,
inkling,
the foggiest idea/notion,
• an impulse or desire, especially one of a whimsical kind.
• "she had a notion to ring her friend at work"
• items used in sewing, such as buttons, pins, and hooks.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin notio(n- ) ‘idea’, from notus ‘known’, past participle of noscere .
