100 Words to Use Instead of “Opinion”

100 Words to Use Instead of

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