notion

• "his impression of her was favorable"
• "what are your feelings about the crisis?"
• "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"
• "I had a feeling that she was lying"

Synonyms

• impressiona vague idea in which some confidence is placed; an outward appearance; a clear and telling mental image; a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; all the copies of a work printed at one time; (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; an impressionistic portrayal of a person; the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
• feelingthe experiencing of affective and emotional states; a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; a physical sensation that you experience; the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; an intuitive understanding of something
• beliefany cognitive content held as true ; a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
• opiniona personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; a message expressing a belief about something; a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) ; a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"
• "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"
• "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

Synonyms

• whima sudden desire; an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
• whimsyan odd or fanciful or capricious idea; the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
• whimseyan odd or fanciful or capricious idea; the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

• "buttons and needles are notions"