food for thought

Speech parts

1. food for thought - Noun

2. food for thought - Phrase

Meaning

anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

food intellectual nourishment like fodder issues to be considered point to ponder literal fodder something that should be thought about something to chew over food for reflection something to be seriously considered something to chew on mental food food for meditation something to consider idea to ponder
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Hypernyms

content cognitive content mental object

Hyponyms

pabulum

Examples

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off. William Irwin Thompson

How rich art is if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never without food for thought or truly lonely, never alone. Vincent van Gogh

A writer? What education did I receive? None. Where did I study? Nowhere. What did I study? It does not matter. I nonetheless became a writer immediately, because I wrote more than I have ever read; hence I thought more than I had food for thought. Moses Hess

The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months. Treat Williams

Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about art. Gustav Klimt

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough. James Geary

Words in the phrase

food for thought

Close letter words and terms

food for reflection food for the mind food for the worms food for worms food galley food garden