brainstorm

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
2. verb To participate in a brainstorming session.
3. verb To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively.

   I need you to brainstorm some suggestions for next week's activity schedule.

4. noun A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.

   I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.

5. noun A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
6. noun An unexpected mental error.
7. noun Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”).

   electrical brainstorm

Similar words

insight brainwave idea find gather collect reflect reflection launch brainchild

Often followed by

a with and ideas the about for ways to

Word family

brainstormed brainstormer brainstormers brainstorming brainstorms