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| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; plan |
| Synonyms: | aim, consider, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, mean, mind, observe, percolate, ponder, propose, purpose, ruminate, speculate, study, take in, weigh, aspire to, brood over, chew over, cool out, kick around*, meditate on, mull over, muse over, perpend, reflect upon, size up, think of |
| Antonyms: | discard, disregard, forget, neglect, scorn, slight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at |
| Synonyms: | audit, behold, consider, examine, eye, inspect, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, peruse, pierce, probe, pry, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, study, survey, view, witness, pore over, stare at |
| Antonyms: | disregard, scorn, look away |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | bargain for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, contemplate, count on, foresee, imagine, aim for, look for, plan on, reckon on |
| 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: | 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: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, experience with another |
| Synonyms: | confer, contemplate, converse, discourse, discuss, mediate, muse, parley, ponder, reflect, confide in |
| 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: | drive at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mean, suggest as meaning |
| Synonyms: | aim, contemplate, design, get at, imply, indicate, intend, intimate, propose, signify, allude to, have in mind, hint at, refer to |
| Main Entry: | envisage/envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | picture in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in mind's eye, vision, visualize |
| 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: | gaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at |
| Synonyms: | admire, beam*, bore*, contemplate, eye, gape, gawk, glare, gloat, inspect, lamp*, look, moon*, observe, ogle, peek, peep, peer, pin*, pipe*, regard, rubber*, rubberneck*, scrutinize, see, survey, take in*, view, watch, wonder, eyeball, get a load of, get an eyeful, look fixedly, size up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for, dream about |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, aspire, assume, await, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, desire, expect, foresee, hold, pray, presume, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat*, trust, wish, be sure of, deem likely, depend on, feel confident, hang in, have faith, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, promise oneself, sweat it, sweat it out, take heart, think to, watch for |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelieve, fear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; determine |
| Synonyms: | aim, appoint, attempt, connote, contemplate, decree, dedicate, denote, design, designate, destine, devote, endeavor, essay, expect, express, import, indicate, mean, meditate, ordain, plan, plot, propose, purpose, reserve, resolve, scheme, signify, spell, strive, think, try, add up, aspire to, be determined, be resolved, figure on, have in mind, hope to, look forward, set apart, set aside |
| Main Entry: | mull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | brood over, chaw, consider, contemplate, delay, deliberate, examine, figure, hammer away at, linger, meditate, moon*, muse on, ponder, pore over, procrastinate, rack one's brains, reflect, review, revolve, ruminate, stew over, study, sweat over, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about, dream |
| Synonyms: | brood, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, feel, meditate, moon*, percolate, ponder, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, think, turn over, weigh, be lost in thought, build castles in air, chew over, mull over, puzzle over, think over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ponder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | appraise, brood, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, excogitate, figure, meditate, mind, moon*, mull, muse, pipe dream*, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, turn over, weigh, build castles in air, cerebrate, give thought to, mull over, noodle around, perpend, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, think out, think over, woolgather |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go over carefully |
| Synonyms: | brood, contemplate, dwell on, examine, muse, peruse, ponder, read, regard, scan, scrutinize, study, look over |
| Antonyms: | scan, flip through |
| Main Entry: | purpose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intend, set sights on |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspire, bid for, commit, conclude, consider, contemplate, decide, design, determine, have a mind to, have in view, make up one's mind, mean, meditate, mind, plan, ponder, propose, pursue, resolve, think to, work for, work toward |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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