| Main Entry: | contemplative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in thought |
Synonyms: |
attentive, cogitative, in brown study, intent, introspective, lost, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, rapt, reflecting, reflective, ruminative, speculative, thinking, thoughtful |
Antonyms: |
disdainful, disregarding, negligent, rejecting, scornful, shallow, unreflective |
| Main Entry: | pensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meditative, solemn |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, abstracted, attentive, cogitative, contemplative, dreamy, grave, musing, pondering, preoccupied, reflecting, reflective, ruminating, ruminative, serious, sober, speculative, thinking, thoughtful, wistful, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, shallow |
| Main Entry: | reflective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
cogitating, contemplative, deliberate, meditative, pensive, pondering, reasoning, ruminative, speculative, studious |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise |
Synonyms: |
astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, foresighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reflective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding |
| Main Entry: | sapient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sagacious |
Synonyms: |
acute, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | serious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | somber, humorless |
Synonyms: |
austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, contemplative, deadpan, deliberate, determined, downbeat, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grave, grim, honest, intent, long-faced, meditative, no-nonsense, pensive, pokerfaced, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty |
Antonyms: |
flippant, funny, happy, light |
| Main Entry: | studious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scholarly, attentive |
Synonyms: |
academic, assiduous, bookish, bookworm, busy, careful, contemplative, diligent, eager, earnest, grubbing, hard-working, industrious, intellectual, learned, lettered, meditative, reflective, sedulous, serious, thoughtful, well-informed, well-read |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, inattentive, lazy, unscholarly |
| Main Entry: | wise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent, reasonable |
Synonyms: |
astute, aware, calculating, careful, clever, cogitative, contemplative, crafty, cunning, discerning, discreet, educated, enlightened, erudite, experienced, foresighted, grasping, informed, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, prudent, rational, reflective, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sensing, sharp, shrewd, smart, sophic, sound, tactful, taught, thoughtful, understanding, wary, well-informed, witty |
Antonyms: |
foolish, ignorant, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise |
| Main Entry: | wistful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | daydreaming, longing |
Synonyms: |
contemplative, desirous, disconsolate, dreaming, dreamy, forlorn, hopeless, meditative, melancholy, mournful, musing, nostalgic, pensive, plaintive, reflective, sad, thoughtful, wishful, yearning |
Antonyms: |
uncaring |
| Main Entry: | retrospective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | backward-looking |
Synonyms: |
contemplative, pensive, recollective, reflective |