divergent thinking

Noun

Meaning

thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

out-of-the-box thinking

Antonyms

convergent thinking

Hypernyms

thinking cerebration thought intellection mentation thought process

Close letter words and terms

divergent series divergent strabismus divergent thinker divergent views divergently diverger