| Main Entry: | contemplation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep thought; planning |
Synonyms: |
ambition, cogitation, consideration, deliberation, design, intention, meditation, musing, plan, pondering, purpose, reflection, reverie, rumination, study |
Antonyms: |
disdain, disregard, neglect, rejection, slight |
| Main Entry: | contemplation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gazing at |
Synonyms: |
examination, inspection, looking at, observation, scrutiny, survey, viewing |
Antonyms: |
avoidance, disregard |
| Main Entry: | abstraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being lost in thought |
Synonyms: |
absorption, aloofness, brooding, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, daydreaming, detachment, engrossment, entrancement, musing, pensiveness, pondering, preoccupation, reflecting, reflection, remoteness, reverie, ruminating, thinking, trance |
| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust |
Antonyms: |
amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | attention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concentration |
Synonyms: |
absorption, application, assiduity, consideration, contemplation, debate, deliberation, diligence, engrossment, heed, heedfulness, immersion, industry, intentness, mind, scrutiny, study, thinking, thought, thoughtfulness |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignorance, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | cogitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep thought |
Synonyms: |
brainwork, cerebration, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, meditation, reflection, rumination, speculation |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental analysis |
Synonyms: |
application, attention, cogitation, concentration, contemplation, debate, deliberation, discussion, examination, forethought, heed, reflection, regard, review, scrutiny, study, thinking, thought |
Antonyms: |
disregard, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, ignorance, neglect, negligence, omission, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, understanding |
Synonyms: |
answer, assumption, cogitation, concluding, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, finding, illation, inference, inferring, judgment, meditation, mulling, musing, opinion, pondering, ratiocination, reasoning, reflection, result, rumination, sequitur, speculation, thinking, thought |
Antonyms: |
confusion |
| Main Entry: | introspection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-analysis |
Synonyms: |
brooding, contemplation, deep thought, egoism, heart-searching, introversion, meditation, reflection, rumination, scrutiny, self-absorption, self-examination, self-observation, self-questioning, soul-searching |
| Main Entry: | judgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision about blame |
Synonyms: |
analysis, appraisal, appreciation, arbitration, assaying, assessment, award, belief, close study, conclusion, contemplation, conviction, decree, deduction, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, examination, exploration, finding, idea, inference, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, observation, opinion, order, probing, pursuit, quest, reconnaissance, regard, report, research, resolution, result, review, ruling, scrutiny, search, sentence, sifting, summary, verdict, view, weigh-in |
| Notes: | judgment is the U.S. preferred spelling while judgement is the British preferred spelling |
Antonyms: |
indecision |