| Main Entry: | ruminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
Synonyms: |
brainstorm*, brood, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, excogitate, figure, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, rack one's brains, reflect, revolve, stew about, think, turn over, use one's head, weigh |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agonize over |
Synonyms: |
be in brown study, bleed, chafe inwardly, consider, daydream, deliberate, despond, dream, dwell upon, eat one's heart out, fret, gloom, grieve, lament, languish, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, repine, ruminate, sigh, speculate, stew over, sulk, sweat out, sweat over, think about, think upon, worry |
Antonyms: |
not worry |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
Synonyms: |
bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about deeply |
Synonyms: |
consider, deliberate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse on, ponder, reflect upon, ruminate, weigh |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | cogitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think deeply about |
Synonyms: |
brainstorm*, cerebrate, chew the cud, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, flash on, imagine, kick around, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, stew over |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create |
Synonyms: |
become pregnant, brainstorm, cogitate, consider, contrive, cook up, depicture, design, develop, devise, dream up, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, form, formulate, head trip, image, imagine, make up, meditate, originate, ponder, produce, project, purpose, realize, ruminate, spark, speculate, spitball, think up, trump up, visualize |
Antonyms: |
abort, destroy |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about closely |
Synonyms: |
apply, attend, be engrossed in, bring to bear, brood over, center, consider closely, contemplate, crack one's brains, direct attention, establish, examine, fix attention, fixate, focus, focus attention, get on the beam, give attention, hammer away at, hammer*, head trip, intensify, knuckle down, meditate, muse, need, occupy thoughts, peruse, ponder, pour it on, put, put mind to, rack one's brains, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, settle, study, sweat, think hard, weigh |
| Main Entry: | consider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn over in one's mind |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, allow for, assent to, chew over, cogitate, concede, consult, contemplate, deal with, deliberate, dream of, envisage, examine, excogitate, favor, flirt with, grant, inspect, keep in mind, look at, meditate, mull over, muse, perpend, ponder, provide for, reason, reckon with, recognize, reflect, regard, revolve, ruminate, scan, scrutinize, see, see about, speculate, study, subscribe to, take into account, take under advisement, take up, think out, think over, toss around |
Antonyms: |
discard, dismiss, forget, ignore, neglect, reject |
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; plan |
Synonyms: |
aim, aspire to, brood over, chew over, consider, cool out, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, kick around, mean, meditate on, mind, mull over, muse over, observe, percolate, perpend, ponder, propose, purpose, reflect upon, ruminate, size up, speculate, study, take in, think of, weigh |
Antonyms: |
discard, disregard, forget, neglect, scorn, slight |