| Main Entry: | cerebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think |
Synonyms: |
cogitate, contemplate, deliberate, mull over, ponder, ratiocinate, reason, reflect, use one's head |
| 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: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; discuss |
Synonyms: |
argue, bat it around, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, hammer away at, judge, kick around, knock around, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, pour it on, put on thinking cap, rack brains, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, run up a flagpole, speculate, stew over, study, sweat over, talk over, turn over, weigh |
| Main Entry: | ponder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
Synonyms: |
appraise, brood, build castles in air, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, excogitate, figure, give thought to, meditate, mind, moon*, mull, mull over, muse, noodle around, perpend, pipe dream, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, think out, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mentally analyze |
Synonyms: |
adduce, cerebrate, cogitate, conclude, contemplate, decide, deduce, deduct, deliberate, draw conclusion, draw from, examine, figure out, gather, generalize, infer, make out, philosophize, ratiocinate, rationalize, reflect, resolve, solve, speculate, study, suppose, syllogize, think, think through, thresh out, work out |
| Main Entry: | reflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about |
Synonyms: |
cerebrate, chew*, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reason, ruminate, speculate, stew, study, think, weigh, wonder |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | speculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about deeply and theorize |
Synonyms: |
beat one's brains, brainstorm*, build castles in air, call it, call the turn, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dope out, dope*, excogitate, figure, figure out*, guess, guesstimate, have a hunch, hazard a guess, head trip, hypothesize, kick around, meditate, muse, pipe-dream, psych out, read, read between lines, reason, reflect, review, ruminate, run it up flagpole, scheme, size up, study, suppose, surmise, suspect, weigh, wonder |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | think |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate |
Synonyms: |
analyze, appraise, appreciate, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, comprehend, conceive, consider, deduce, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, figure out, have in mind, ideate, imagine, infer, intellectualize, judge, logicalize, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, rack one's brains, rationalize, reason, reflect, resolve, revolve, ruminate, sort out, speculate, stew, stop to consider, study, take under consideration, turn over, use one's head, weigh |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | hypothesize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
Synonyms: |
beat one's brains, brainstorm*, build castles in air, call it, call the turn, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dope out, dope*, excogitate, figure, figure out*, guess, guesstimate, have a hunch, hazard a |
| Main Entry: | ratiocinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think |
Synonyms: |
analyze, appraise, appreciate, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, comprehend, conceive, consider, deduce, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, figure out*, have in mind, ideate, imagine, infer, intellectualize, judge, logicalize, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brains, rationalize, reason, reflect, resolve, revolve, ruminate, sort out, speculate, stew, stop to consider, study, take under consideration, turn over, use one's head, use one's head, weigh |