Phrase guide

food for thought

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: food, intellectual nourishment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object

Narrower terms: pabulum

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: düşündürəcək — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Azerbaijani: düşündürən — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Bulgarian: плод за размисъл (plod za razmisǎl) — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神食糧 /精神食粮 (jīngshén shíliáng) — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 思想食物 (sīxiǎng shíwù) — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耐人尋味 /耐人寻味 (nàirénxúnwèi) — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發人深思 /发人深思 (fārénshēnsī) — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Cornish: boos dhe breder — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Danish: stof til eftertanke — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Finnish: pohdittava — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • French: matière à penser — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • German: Denkanstoß — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • German: Denkanregung — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Hungarian: elgondolkodtató — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Icelandic: umhugsunarefni — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Italian: spunto di riflessione — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Latvian: viela pārdomām — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Persian: غذا برای فکر (ġazâ barâye fekr) — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Polish: wiedza zmuszająca do refleksji — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Portuguese: alimento para a mente — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Romanian: hrană pentru gândire — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Russian: пи́ща для размышле́ний (píšča dlja razmyšlénij) — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Spanish: materia para reflexionar — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Spanish: hacer pensar — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Spanish: hacer reflexionar — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Spanish: mover a la reflexión — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Spanish: dar que pensar — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Spanish: dar en qué pensar — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Swedish: tänkvärdheter — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Swedish: tänkvärt — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Swedish: anledning till eftertanke — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation
  • Vietnamese: suy nghĩ kỹ càng về điều gì đó — information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation