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Definition of thought : 1. A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.
2. imp. & p. p. of Think.
3. Meditation; serious consideration.
4. of Think
5. Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
6. That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.
7. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.

Synonyms:

cognition, apprehension, forethought, blest, judgment, desire, ratiocination, sentiment, reverie, picture, debate, self-assessment, rationalization, rumination, premise, slant, focus, begot, knowing, panorama, ache, ground, abstraction, archetype, advisement, bought, public opinion, culture, anxiety, introspection, sight, judging, argumentation, musical theme, decision, bent, persuasion, twist, survey, ism, verdict, mind's eye, viewpoint, hankering, vox populi, prospect, legal opinion, hypothesis, excogitation, realizing, impression, drift, uneasiness, vista, feeling, acumen, insight, concluding, babysat, reputation, worry, outlook, attitude, surmise, perspective, finding, knowledge, assumption, perceiving, stance, wish, yearning, purpose, scene, urge, stand, soul-searching, heed, eyeshot, model, position, frame of reference, mentation, thoughtfulness, solicitude, care, appreciation, thirst, breastfed, beheld, spirit, theme, suasion, seeing, principles, bled, the spirit of the times/age, wrinkle, custom, thought process, pattern, bound, craving, ideology, discerning, estimate, besought, caprice, popular opinion, purview, intuition, brainwork, ideal, inclination, commitment, fantasy, melodic theme, longing, conceit, conjecture, horizon, ruling, aspect, fancy

inference, rank, sum, presumption, approximation, statistics, plot, count, algebra, determination, reckoning, system, value, assessment, method, tally, enumeration, estimation, scheme, division, schedule, deduction, mathematics, multiplication, total, guess, plan, gauge, computation, algorithm, valuation, score, triangulation, judgement, account, arithmetic, quantification, calculus, conclusion, measurement, supposition, program

comprehension, mentality, brain, understanding, intelligence, capacity, brain-power, rationality, intellect, mind

envisioned, envisioning, brooding, wistfulness, speculation, study, musing, calculation, concentration, meditated, preoccupation, daydreamed, evaluation, cerebration, debated, reflected, cogitation, mused, speculated, cerebrated, imagination, brooded, brain work, imagined, contemplation, consideration, deliberation, deliberated, pondering, attention, reasoning, concentrated, contemplated, weighing, thinking, intellection, meditation, lucubration, absorption, engrossment, analysis, daydreaming, reflection, pondered, appraisal, debating

designed, observed, brainstormed, theorized, invented, created, conceived, perceived, fantasized, opined

surmised, figured, calculated, rationalized, quantified, quantized, multiplied, computed, counted, tallied, plotted, studied, gauged, concluded, summed, valued, considered, totaled, weighed, scheduled, guessed, reckoned, assessed, systematized, determined, deduced, estimated, supposed, planned, approximated, presumed, schemed, scored, rated, ranked, inferred, measured, judged, accounted, evaluated, added, divided, programmed, triangulated, appraised, enumerated

certitude, principle, doctrine, tenet, view, belief, conviction, opinion, postulate, trust, idea, dogma, philosophy, credence, creed, faith

conceptualized, cogitated, inducted, reasoned, synthesized, analyzed

concept, theory, ideation, notion, image, inkling, vision, observation, inspiration, perception, brainstorm, conception, design

induction, reason, synthesis, logic, conceptualization

Usage examples:

• And I thought you were going to ... - "Tom Slade at Black Lake", Percy Keese Fitzhugh.
• " And I'd never thought to see. - "Growth of the Soil", Knut Hamsun.
• It is as he thought. - "The Story of the Trapper", A. C. Laut.