notion

Noun

• (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
  • buttons and needles are notions
    

• an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  • the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories
    
  • he had a whimsy about flying to the moon
    
  • whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it
    

• a general inclusive concept

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
  • his impression of her was favorable
    
  • what are your feelings about the crisis?
    
  • it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
    
  • I had a feeling that she was lying
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  whim , whimsy , whimsey , impression , feeling , belief , opinion