| Main Entry: |
ruminative |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
absorbed,
analytical,
attentive, brainy, calculating,
cerebral, cogitative,
contemplative,
deep, deliberative,
discerning,
earnest,
engrossed, excogitative, farsighted,
grave, in a brown study,
intellectual,
intent,
keen, levelheaded,
logical, lost in thought, meditative,
melancholy, museful,
musing,
pensive, philosophic, pondering,
preoccupied,
rapt,
rational,
reasonable,
reasoning, reflecting,
reflective,
retrospective,
serious,
sober,
speculative,
studious,
subjective,
thinking,
wise*,
wistful
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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