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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, verb (used with an object) To opine. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, noun [F., from L. opinio. See {Opine}.]
1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persuasion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting. --Sir M. Hale.
I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak.
2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. --Shak.
Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South.
However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon.
3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]
Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion. --Shak.
This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises. --Milton.
4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
{To be of opinion}, to think; to judge.
{To hold opinion with}, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation. See {Sentiment}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
opinion
noun
1: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: {sentiment}, {persuasion}, {view}, {thought}]
2: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" [syn: {public opinion}, {popular opinion}, {vox populi}]
3: a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" [syn: {view}]
4: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" [syn: {legal opinion}, {judgment}, {judgement}]
5: the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) [syn: {ruling}]
6: 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" [syn: {impression}, {feeling}, {belief}, {notion}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "opinion": admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, affect, affectivity, analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation, apprehension, assessing, assessment, assumption, attitude, belief, brief, briefing, caution, caveat, climate of opinion, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, conjecture, consensus gentium, consideration, consultation, conviction, council, counsel, direction, emotion, emotivity, estimate, estimation, ethos, evaluating, evaluation, evaluative criticism, exhortation, expostulation, eye, fancy, feeling, feeling tone, gauging, general belief, guidance, hortation, idea, image, imago, impression, instruction, intellectual object, judgement, judgment, lights, measurement, memory-trace, mental attitude, mental image, mental impression, mind, monition, mystique, notion, observation, parley, perception, personal judgment, persuasion, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, presumption, prevailing belief, proposal, psychology, public belief, public opinion, ranking, rating, reaction, recept, reckoning, recommendation, reflection, remonstrance, representation, sentiment, sight, speculation, stance, suggestion, supposition, theory, think, thinking, thought, valuation, valuing, view, viewpoint, warning, way of thinking, weighing
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