Meanings
comparative more thought-provoking · superlative most thought-provoking
- Interesting in a way that challenges one's beliefs, attitudes, or perspective.
Of course, many other thought-provoking questions are possible. When using this approach, one would preplan an ending “why” question or questions. It could be some of the ones that follow or others that might be more thought-provoking or age appropriate for a particular group of children.
2015, Jeanne M. Machado, Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivestimulating interest or thought
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 發人深省的 /发人深省的
- 發人深省的 /发人深省的 (fārénshēnxǐng de)thought-provoking
Danish tankevækkende
- tankevækkendethought-provoking
Dutch denkwekkend
- denkwekkendthought-provoking
Esperanto pensiga
- pensigathought-provoking
Hungarian gondolatébresztő
- gondolatébresztőthought-provoking
Norwegian Bokmål tankevekkende
- tankevekkendethought-provoking
Spanish hacer pensar, hacer reflexionar
- hacer pensarthought-provoking
- hacer reflexionarthought-provoking
- mover a la reflexiónthought-provoking
- dar que pensarthought-provoking
- dar en qué pensarthought-provoking
- reflexionizantethought-provoking
- reflexionificantethought-provoking
- invitar a la reflexiónthought-provoking
Swedish tankeväckande
- tankeväckandethought-provoking
Turkish düşündürücü
- düşündürücüthought-provoking
Cite this entry
thought-provoking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thought-provoking
“thought-provoking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thought-provoking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thought-provoking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thought-provoking.
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