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consider - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | consider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn over in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, cogitate, concede, consult, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, examine, excogitate, favor, grant, inspect, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, recognize, reflect, regard, revolve, ruminate, scan, scrutinize, see, speculate, study, take into account, take up, allow for, assent to, chew over, deal with, dream of, flirt with, keep in mind, look at, mull over, perpend, provide for, reckon with, see about, subscribe to, take under advisement, think out, think over, toss around* |
| Antonyms: | discard, dismiss, forget, ignore, neglect, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard a certain way |
| Synonyms: | analyze, appraise, bear in mind, believe, count, credit, deem, estimate, feel, hold, judge, reflect, remember, respect, sense, suppose, take into account, think, view, care for, hold an opinion, keep in view, look upon, make allowance for, reckon with, set down, take for, think of |
| Antonyms: | abandon, dismiss, disregard, ignore, leave, reject |
| Main Entry: | bear in mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep in mind |
| Synonyms: | beware, call to mind, consider, heed, mind, note, remember, be aware of, be cognizant of, be mindful of, to remember |
| Main Entry: | behold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard; look at |
| Synonyms: | catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize |
| Synonyms: | account, allot, appraise, assess, assign, assort, brand, classify, codify, consider, designate, divide, evaluate, gauge, grade, group, hold, identify, judge, mark, part, pigeonhole*, rank, rate, reckon, regard, score, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cogitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think deeply about |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, chew the cud*, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, imagine, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, cerebrate, flash on, kick around*, mull over, noodle around, stew over |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, confer |
| Synonyms: | argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap*, groupthink, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around, negotiate, parlay, pick one's brains, powwow*, put heads together, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take a meeting, take account of, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around, treat, turn to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, discuss |
| Synonyms: | agitate, answer, bandy, bicker, canvass, cogitate, confute, consider, contend, contest, controvert, cross swords*, deliberate, demonstrate, differ, disprove, dispute, hassle, lock horns*, moot, oppose, prove, question, reason, rebut, refute, rehash, wrangle, altercate, bump heads, chew the fat, confab, discept, hammer away at, hash over, have at it, kick around*, knock around, pettifog, pick a bone, put up argument, set to, talk back*, talk game, thrash out*, toss around* |
| Antonyms: | agree, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assume, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, reason, regard, surmise, add up, be afraid, boil down, have a hunch, ratiocinate, read into, take to mean |
| Notes: | deduce means to conclude by reasoning or in logic; adduce means to cite as proof or evidence; deduct means to take away from or subtract from another |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; discuss |
| Synonyms: | argue, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, judge, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, turn over, weigh, bat it around, cerebrate, chew over, hammer away at, kick around, knock around, mull over, pour it on, put on thinking cap, rack brains, run up a flagpole, stew over, sweat over, talk over |
| Main Entry: | discuss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk over with another |
| Synonyms: | argue, canvass, confer, consider, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, dispute, examine, explain, figure, get together, go into, jaw*, moot, review, sift, take up, ventilate, weigh, altercate, bounce off, compare notes, confabulate, consult with, discept, discourse about, dissert, dissertate, exchange views on, groupthink, hash over, hold forth, kick about, knock around, put heads together, reason about, thrash out*, toss around* |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwell on/dwell upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | linger over; be engrossed in |
| Synonyms: | consider, continue, elaborate, emphasize, expatiate, harp on*, involve oneself, tarry over |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, miss, pass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance; think of together |
| Synonyms: | agree, assimilate, associate, average, compare, consider, equalize, even, hold, level, liken, match, offset, pair, paragon, parallel, regard, relate, represent, square, tally, treat, be commensurate, correspond to, correspond with, make equal, similize |
| Antonyms: | disagree, imbalance, unliken |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, gauge, guess, judge, look into, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, scheme, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, calculate roughly, form opinion, guesstimate, look upon, run over, set a figure, size up*, think through* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excogitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | conceive, consider, contemplate, contrive, deliberate, derive, develop, devise, educe, evolve, frame, invent, mind, ponder, ruminate, study, weigh, work out, mull over, perpend, think out, think up |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | eye |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at, scrutinize |
| Synonyms: | check out, consider, contemplate, gape, inspect, leer, ogle, peruse, regard, rubberneck*, scan, study, survey, take in, view, watch, eyeball, give the eye, glance at, have a look, keep eagle eye on, look at, size up*, stare at, take a look |
| Antonyms: | look away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give care, thought to |
| Synonyms: | attend, baby-sit, be aware, be guided by, bear in mind, catch, consider, dig*, do one's bidding, follow, follow orders, get a load of, give ear, hark, hear, hearken, keep eye peeled, keep tabs, listen, mark, mind, mind the store, note, obey, observe, pay attention, pick up, regard, ride herd on*, see, sit, spot, stay in line, take notice of, take to heart, toe the line*, watch, watch one's step, watch out, watch over, watch the store |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | investigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check into thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | bug, case*, check out, consider, delve, dig, examine, explore, frisk, go into, inquire, inspect, interrogate, look into, poke, probe, prospect, pry, question, read, reconnoiter, research, review, run down, scout, scrutinize, search, sift, spy, study, tap, be all ears, check over, check up, eyeball, feel out, give the once over, inquisite, listen in, look over, look-see, make inquiry, muckrake, nose around, put to the test, stake out, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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