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deliberation - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | deliberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serious thought, discussion |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, calculation, care, caution, cogitation, conference, consideration, consultation, debate, forethought, heed, meditation, prudence, purpose, rap, reflection, speculation, study, ventilation, wariness, brainwork, carefulness, cerebration, circumspection, confabulation, ratiocination |
| Main Entry: | cogitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep thought |
| Synonyms: | consideration, contemplation, deliberation, meditation, reflection, speculation, brainwork, cerebration, rumination |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | consultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking, conference |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow*, session, buzz session, clambake, confab, groupthink, second opinion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion of issues; consideration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, altercation, argument, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, reflection, tiff, words, wrangle, argumentation, blah-blah, controverting, mooting, polemic, rebutting, refuting |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
| Main Entry: | discretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution, judgment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, attention, calculation, care, concern, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, gumption, heed, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom, canniness, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, considerateness, good sense, heedfulness, judiciousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, canvass, colloquy, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow*, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, argumentation, confabulation, excursus, groupthink, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | earnestness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determination; seriousness |
| Synonyms: | absorption, ardor, concentration, decision, deliberation, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, firmness, gravity, intensity, keenness, passion, perseverance, persistence, resolution, resolve, sincerity, sobriety, solemnity, stress, tenacity, urgency, vehemence, warmth, zeal, attentiveness, engrossment, intentness, purposefulness, serious-mindedness |
| Antonyms: | flippancy, insincerity, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | forethought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, caution, deliberation, discretion, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense, canniness, discreetness, far-sightedness |
| Antonyms: | hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, thought |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, caution, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, debate, deliberation, ear*, interest, mark, mind*, note, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark, respect, spotlight*, study, watchfulness, TLC, carefulness, heedfulness, listen up, tender loving care |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | learning, analysis |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lesson, meditation, muse, musing, questioning, reading, reasoning, reflection, research, reverie, review, scrutiny, subject, survey, thought, trance, weighing, academic work, analyzing, cramming, memorizing, pondering, rumination, schoolwork |
| Main Entry: | wariness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution |
| Synonyms: | alertness, attention, care, deliberation, discretion, heed, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness, carefulness, guardedness, heedfulness |
| Main Entry: | musing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
| Synonyms: | contemplation, deliberation, meditation, reflection, thought |
| Main Entry: | prudence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution |
| Synonyms: | austerity, calculation, care, concern, conservation, conservatism, coolness, deliberation, diligence, discretion, economy, foresight, forethought, frugality, heed, judgment, precaution, providence, reasoning, sagacity, tact, vigilance, watchfulness, wisdom, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, heedfulness, judiciousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, imprudence, rashness, recklessness |
| Main Entry: | thinking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thought |
| Synonyms: | cogitation, cognition, contemplation, deliberation, idea, introspection, judgment, logic, meditation, musing, opinion, reason, reasoning, reflection, study, understanding, cerebration, ideation, rationalization, rumination |
| Main Entry: | weighing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | careful consideration |
| Synonyms: | consideration, deciding, deliberation, judging, measuring, reflection, balancing, evaluating, thinking over |
| Main Entry: | attention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concentration |
| Synonyms: | absorption, application, consideration, contemplation, debate, deliberation, diligence, heed, industry, mind, scrutiny, study, thinking, thought, thoughtfulness, assiduity, engrossment, heedfulness, immersion, intentness |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignorance, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alertness, carefulness |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, deliberation, discretion, foresight, forethought, heed, providence, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness, Fabian policy, canniness, circumspection, discreetness, heedfulness |
| Antonyms: | imprudence, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
| Main Entry: | concentration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consolidation of effort |
| Synonyms: | absorption, application, assembly, centralization, combination, compression, concern, congregation, consolidation, convergence, debate, deliberation, fixing, heed, narrowing, need, study, unity, amassing, bringing to bear, centering, close attention, clustering, coalescing, compacting, converging, flocking, focusing, huddling, intensification, massing, single-mindedness |
| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, colloquium |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow*, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, ventilation, confabulation, gabfest, groupthink, round robin, think-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, ignorance, neglect, negligence, omission, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
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