thinking

[ thing-king ]
/ ˈθɪŋ kɪŋ /

adjective

rational; reasoning: People are thinking animals.
thoughtful; reflective: Any thinking person would reject that plan.

noun

thought; judgment, reflection: clear thinking.

Origin of thinking

1250–1300; Middle English thenking (noun). See think1, -ing2, -ing1

OTHER WORDS FROM thinking

think·ing·ly, adverb non·think·ing, adjective, noun

Words nearby thinking

think up, think-tank, thinkable, thinker, thinker, the, thinking, thinking cap, thinking through, thinkpiece, thinner, thinnish

Example sentences from the Web for non-thinking

  • All grades of feeling and believing, thinking and non-thinking, are in the books and periodicals that you find in this store.

    Discourses of Keidansky |Bernard G. Richards

  • The result is that the populace loses its humanity and becomes a non-thinking mass.

    After the Rain |Sam Vaknin

  • He was a slow-thinking, even a non-thinking agent, but in a contingency he could fight, still without thinking.

    The Missourian |Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

  • I got myself lined up nice and straight with the bird and did my first bit of non-thinking.

    The Trouble with Telstar |John Berryman

British Dictionary definitions for non-thinking

thinking
/ (ˈθɪŋkɪŋ) /

noun

opinion or judgment
the process of thought

adjective

(prenominal) using or capable of using intelligent thought thinking people
put on one's thinking cap to ponder a matter or problem

Medical definitions for non-thinking

thinking
[ thĭng′kĭng ]

n.

The act or practice of a person who thinks; thought.

adj.

Characterized by thought or thoughtfulness; rational.