Idea and State

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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State and idea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.

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Idea and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "State".

good	good idea	good state
similar	similar idea	similar state
right	right idea	right state
original	original idea	original state
Other adjectives: single, poor, entire, bad, terrible, general, next, different, modern, worse.

Apparently, the state of mind where you can understand what happened to the wizards is very similar to the state of mind where Dibbler's meat pie floater sounds like a good idea.

Source: Higher Understanding Through Drugs
He turned into Bowser, and in his demented state thought that it would be a good idea to go back in time using E.

Source: WMG / Super Mario Bros.
The experiment reports clearly state the demons have really no idea what makes humans tick, so they're cutting as many as they can so they can get a better idea.

Source: Mad Scientist / Video Games

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