Usually means: Creative problem solver, unconventional ideas.
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  1. lateral thinker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. lateral thinker: TheFreeDictionary.com
  3. lateral thinker: Wiktionary

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  1. lateral thinker: Encyclopedia

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  1. lateral-thinker, lateral thinker: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lateral thinker)

▸ noun:  One who uses lateral thinking.

Similar:
underthinker, right-brainer, left-brainer, rethinker, overthinker, thinker, brainstormer, analyst, wishful thinker, cogitator, more...

Opposite:
linear thinker, analytical thinker, sequential thinker

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Similar:
underthinker, right-brainer, left-brainer, rethinker, overthinker, thinker, brainstormer, analyst, wishful thinker, cogitator, more...

Opposite:
linear thinker, analytical thinker, sequential thinker



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