out-of-the-box 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

divergent thinking

Hypernyms

thinking cerebration thought intellection mentation thought process

Close letter words and terms

out-of-synch out-of-the-body out-of-the-body experience out-of-the-way out-of-towner out-of-townish