| id | (noun) (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity | - |
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| idea | (noun) the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about | Synonyms: thought |
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| (noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: mind |
| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimate, estimation |
| (noun) a personal view | - |
| (noun) (music) melodic subject of a musical composition | Synonyms: melodic theme, musical theme, theme |
| ideal | (noun) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain | - |
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| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| idealisation | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealization |
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| (noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealization |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealization |
| idealism | (noun) impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are | - |
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| (noun) elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued | Synonyms: high-mindedness, noble-mindedness |
| (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality | - |
| idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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| ideality | (noun) the quality of being ideal | - |
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| idealization | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealisation |
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| (noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealisation |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealisation |
| idealogue | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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| ideation | (noun) the process of forming and relating ideas | - |
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| identicalness | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identity, indistinguishability |
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| identification | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: designation |
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| (noun) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | - |
| (noun) the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | Synonyms: recognition |
| (noun) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | - |
| (noun) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established | - |
| identifier | (noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it | - |
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| identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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| (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
| (noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
| (noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
| ideogram | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideograph |
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| ideograph | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideogram |
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| ideography | (noun) the use of ideograms in writing | - |
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| ideologist | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologue |
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| ideologization | (noun) the process of giving an ideological character or interpretation to; especially of changing or interpreting in relation to a sociopolitical ideology often seen as biased or limited. | - |
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| ideologue | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologist |
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| ideology | (noun) an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | Synonyms: political orientation, political theory |
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| (noun) imaginary or visionary theorization | - |
| ides | (noun) in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month | - |
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| idesia | (noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries | Synonyms: Idesia polycarpa |
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| idiocy | (noun) extreme mental retardation | Synonyms: amentia |
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| idiolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: autolatry, self-worship |
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| idiolect | (noun) the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life | - |
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| idiom | (noun) the style of a particular artist or school or movement | Synonyms: artistic style |
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| (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | Synonyms: accent, dialect |
| (noun) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | Synonyms: idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase |
| (noun) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language | Synonyms: parlance |
| idiopathy | (noun) any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause | Synonyms: idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder |
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| idiosyncrasy | (noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | Synonyms: foible, mannerism |
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| idiot | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, imbecile, moron, retard |
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| idle | (noun) the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling | - |
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| idleness | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idling, loafing |
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| (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: faineance |
| (noun) the quality of lacking substance or value | Synonyms: groundlessness |
| idler | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer |
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| idling | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idleness, loafing |
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| idocrase | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: vesuvian, vesuvianite |
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| idol | (noun) a material effigy that is worshipped | Synonyms: god, graven image |
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| (noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | Synonyms: beau ideal, paragon, perfection |
| (noun) someone who is adored blindly and excessively | Synonyms: matinee idol |
| idolater | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer |
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| idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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| idolatry | (noun) the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | Synonyms: idol worship |
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| idolisation | (noun) the act of worshiping blindly and to excess | Synonyms: idolization |
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| (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: adoration, idolization |
| idoliser | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idolater, idolizer |
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| (noun) a lover blind with admiration and devotion | Synonyms: idolizer |
| idolization | (noun) the act of worshiping blindly and to excess | Synonyms: idolisation |
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| (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: adoration, idolisation |
| idolizer | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idolater, idoliser |
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| (noun) a lover blind with admiration and devotion | Synonyms: idoliser |
| idyl | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, eclogue, idyll |
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| (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyll, pastoral, pastorale |
| idyll | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, eclogue, idyl |
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| (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyl, pastoral, pastorale |
| (noun) an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll | - |