100 Words to Use Instead of “Opinion”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	advice	recommended course of action
2.	analysis	detailed examination and judgment
3.	angle	particular way of looking
4.	appraisal	evaluative judgment
5.	assessment	reasoned evaluation
6.	assumption	something taken as true
7.	attitude	settled way of thinking
8.	belief	held as true
9.	bias	inclination for or against
10.	bottom line	essential conclusion
11.	call	personal decision or judgment
12.	claim	asserted statement
13.	commentary	explanatory remarks
14.	conclusion	judgment reached by reasoning
15.	conjecture	guess based on limited evidence
16.	consideration	thoughtful reflection
17.	conviction	firmly held belief
18.	critique	detailed evaluative analysis
19.	decision	choice reached after thought
20.	deduction	inference from general principles
21.	diagnosis	identification based on evidence
22.	dictum	authoritative statement or saying
23.	disposition	prevailing tendency or mood
24.	estimate	rough calculation or judgment
25.	evaluation	judgment of value or quality
26.	expectation	belief about what will happen
27.	explanation	account that makes sense
28.	feeling	emotional sense or impression
29.	finding	result of investigation
30.	forecast	prediction of future events
31.	frame of reference	context shaping interpretation
32.	guess	unverified supposition
33.	gut feeling	instinctive sense
34.	hot take	provocative quick viewpoint
35.	hunch	intuitive feeling
36.	hypothesis	testable proposed explanation
37.	idea	thought or concept
38.	impression	general effect or sense
39.	inclination	leaning toward a view
40.	inference	conclusion drawn from evidence
41.	insight	deep understanding
42.	interpretation	explanation of meaning
43.	judgment	considered decision or view
44.	judgment call	decision based on discretion
45.	justification	reason supporting a view
46.	knowledge	understanding gained by experience
47.	leaning	tendency toward one side
48.	lesson	conclusion drawn from experience
49.	line of thought	train of reasoning
50.	look	personal perspective
51.	mind	one’s thinking or view
52.	mindset	habitual way of thinking
53.	notion	general idea or belief
54.	observation	noticed fact or remark
55.	outlook	general attitude about future
56.	perception	way something is understood
57.	perspective	particular point of view
58.	plan	intended course of action
59.	point	main idea being made
60.	position	stance on an issue
61.	posture	adopted stance or attitude
62.	prediction	statement about the future
63.	preference	greater liking for something
64.	premise	starting point for reasoning
65.	presumption	assumption accepted as true
66.	principle	guiding belief or rule
67.	proposal	suggested plan or idea
68.	proposition	statement offered for consideration
69.	read	one’s interpretation
70.	readout	reported interpretation or result
71.	reasoning	process of drawing conclusions
72.	recommendation	suggested best choice
73.	reflection	careful thought
74.	remark	brief comment
75.	report	account of findings
76.	response	reaction or reply
77.	rule of thumb	practical guiding principle
78.	ruling	official decision or judgment
79.	sense	general feeling or view
80.	sentiment	view colored by feeling
81.	spin	slanted interpretation
82.	stance	firm position
83.	standpoint	place from which one views
84.	statement	something said or written
85.	suggestion	proposed idea
86.	summary view	overall assessment
87.	supposition	assumed idea without proof
88.	take	personal interpretation or view
89.	takeaway	main lesson or point
90.	tenet	core belief or doctrine
91.	theory	explanatory framework
92.	thought	idea in the mind
93.	thoughts	one’s views collectively
94.	two cents	informal personal view
95.	understanding	grasp of meaning or facts
96.	verdict	final judgment
97.	view	way of thinking about
98.	view from here	local perspective
99.	viewpoint	particular perspective
100.	vision	imagined or desired future