Brainstorm

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  brainstorm \brain"storm`\ n.
     the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex
     situation; a sudden brilliant insight.
  
     Syn: insight, brainwave.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  brainstorm \brain"storm`\ v. t. & i.
     to try to solve a problem by discussing it exhaustively in an
     intense group meeting encouraging uninhibited and spontaneous
     contributions from all members.
  
     Syn: practice brainstorming.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brainstorm
       n : the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex
           situation [syn: {insight}, {brainwave}]
       v : try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "brainstorm":
     absurd idea, afebrile delirium, automatic response, blind impulse,
     boutade, brain wave, brainchild, bright idea, bright thought,
     brilliant idea, capriccio, caprice, conceit, crank, craze,
     crazy idea, crotchet, deliriousness, delirium, drive, fad, fancy,
     fantastic notion, fantasy, flash, fleeting impulse, flimflam,
     fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, good idea, gut response,
     harebrained idea, humor, impulse, incoherence, inspiration,
     instinct, involuntary impulse, kink, lingual delirium, maggot,
     megrim, natural impulse, notion, passing fancy, quick hunch, quirk,
     ranting, raving, reflex, sudden thought, toy, urge, vagary,
     wandering, whim, whim-wham, whimsy