| Main Entry: | muse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about, dream |
Synonyms: |
be lost in thought, brood, build castles in air, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, feel, meditate, moon*, mull over, percolate, ponder, puzzle over, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, think, think over, turn over, weigh |
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ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agonize over |
Synonyms: |
be in brown study, bleed, chafe inwardly, consider, daydream, deliberate, despond, dream, dwell upon, eat one's heart out, fret, gloom, grieve, lament, languish, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, repine, ruminate, sigh, speculate, stew over, sulk, sweat out, sweat over, think about, think upon, worry |
Antonyms: |
not worry |
| Main Entry: | cogitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think deeply about |
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brainstorm*, cerebrate, chew the cud, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, flash on, imagine, kick around, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, stew over |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, experience with another |
Synonyms: |
confer, confide in, contemplate, converse, discourse, discuss, mediate, muse, parley, ponder, reflect |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about closely |
Synonyms: |
apply, attend, be engrossed in, bring to bear, brood over, center, consider closely, contemplate, crack one's brains, direct attention, establish, examine, fix attention, fixate, focus, focus attention, get on the beam, give attention, hammer away at, hammer*, head trip, intensify, knuckle down, meditate, muse, need, occupy thoughts, peruse, ponder, pour it on, put, put mind to, rack one's brains, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, settle, study, sweat, think hard, weigh |
| Main Entry: | consider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn over in one's mind |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, allow for, assent to, chew over, cogitate, concede, consult, contemplate, deal with, deliberate, dream of, envisage, examine, excogitate, favor, flirt with, grant, inspect, keep in mind, look at, meditate, mull over, muse, perpend, ponder, provide for, reason, reckon with, recognize, reflect, regard, revolve, ruminate, scan, scrutinize, see, see about, speculate, study, subscribe to, take into account, take under advisement, take up, think out, think over, toss around |
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discard, dismiss, forget, ignore, neglect, reject |
| Main Entry: | daydream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up fantasy |
Synonyms: |
build castles in air, conceive, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, imagine, moon, muse, pipe dream, stargaze, trip out, woolgather |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; discuss |
Synonyms: |
argue, bat it around, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, hammer away at, judge, kick around, knock around, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, pour it on, put on thinking cap, rack brains, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, run up a flagpole, speculate, stew over, study, sweat over, talk over, turn over, weigh |
| Main Entry: | inspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, stimulus |
Synonyms: |
afflatus, animus, approach, arousal, awakening, brainchild, brainstorm*, creativity, deep think, elevation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exaltation, fancy, flash*, genius, hunch, illumination, impulse, incentive, inflatus, influence, insight, motivation, motive, muse, notion, revelation, rumble, spark, spur, stimulation, thought, vision, whim |
| Main Entry: | meditate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate |
Synonyms: |
brood over, cogitate, consider, deliberate, design, devise, dream, entertain idea, figure, have in mind, intend, moon*, mull over, muse, plan, ponder, purpose, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, say to oneself, scheme, speculate, study, think, think deeply, think over, track, view, weigh |
Antonyms: |
dismiss, ignore, neglect |