Notion
Notion noun - An idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation.
Usage example: the popular notion that college athletes are airheads
Proposition and notion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proposition" instead a noun "Notion".
Proposition
Proposition noun - An idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation.
Usage example: started the discussion with the simple proposition that no one ever does anything out of pure altruism
Notion and proposition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Notion" instead a noun "Proposition".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- belief and notion
- belief and proposition
- surmise and notion
- surmise and proposition
- approach and notion
- approach and proposition
- intention and notion
- intention and proposition
- principle and notion
- principle and proposition
- idea and notion
- idea and proposition
- conjecture and notion
- conjecture and proposition
How words are described
| good | good notion | good proposition |
| similar | similar notion | similar proposition |
| simple | simple notion | simple proposition |
| romantic | romantic notion | romantic proposition |
| Other adjectives: interesting, ridiculous. | ||
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Proposition and Notion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/notion/proposition
Notion & Proposition. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/notion/proposition>.
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