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| Main Entry: | philosophical/philosophic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking deeply, rationally |
| Synonyms: | abstract, deep, erudite, judicious, learned, logical, pensive, profound, rational, reflective, sagacious, sapient, theoretical, thoughtful, wise, cogitative |
| Antonyms: | irrational, narrow-minded, thoughtless, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | philosophical/philosophic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, serene |
| Synonyms: | collected, composed, cool*, enduring, impassive, imperturbable, patient, resigned, tranquil, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, commonsensical, cool as cucumber, stoical, unagitated |
| Antonyms: | excited, imprudent, rash |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conceptual, theoretical |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, complex, deep, hypothetical, ideal, indefinite, intellectual, philosophical, recondite, transcendent, transcendental, unreal, nonconcrete |
| Antonyms: | actual, concrete, factual, material, objective, physical, real |
| Main Entry: | learned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-informed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy*, conversant, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, highbrow*, intellectual, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pedantic, philosophical, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientific, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded, cultivated, grounded, in the know, pansophic, philosophic, polymath, posted, professorial, well-educated |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, stupid, uninformed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meditative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contemplative |
| Synonyms: | awake, aware, introspective, musing, pensive, philosophical, rapt, reflective, thinking, thoughtful, cogitative, lucubratory, prayerful, ruminant, ruminative |
| Main Entry: | metaphysical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not physical; without physical presence |
| Synonyms: | abstract, abstruse, deep, difficult, esoteric, eternal, fundamental, high-flown, ideal, immaterial, impalpable, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, intellectual, mystical, philosophical, preternatural, profound, recondite, spiritual, superhuman, superior, supernatural, theoretical, transcendental, unearthly, universal, unreal, unsubstantial, bodiless, discarnate, jesuitic, nonmaterial, nonphysical, numinous, oversubtle, supermundane, suprahuman, supramundane, supranatural, unfleshly, unphysical |
| Antonyms: | concrete, material, objective, physical, real, solid, substantial |
| Main Entry: | patient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable, willing to endure |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, calm, composed, enduring, even-tempered, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, imperturbable, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, meek, mild, persevering, persistent, philosophical, quiet, resigned, self-possessed, serene, submissive, tolerant, tranquil, understanding, unruffled, untiring, easy-going, mild-tempered, philosophic, stoical, uncomplaining |
| Antonyms: | agitated, frustrated, impatient, intolerant, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | resigned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enduring, passive |
| Synonyms: | adapted, agreeable, amenable, calm, compliant, cordial, deferential, docile, genial, gentle, long-suffering, manageable, obedient, patient, peaceable, philosophical, pliant, quiescent, quiet, ready, reconciled, satisfied, subdued, submissive, subservient, tame, tolerant, tractable, willing, yielding, accommodated, acquiescent, adjusted, biddable, nonresisting, relinquishing, renouncing, stoical, unassertive, unprotesting, unresisting, well-disposed |
| Antonyms: | intolerant |
| Main Entry: | speculative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theoretical |
| Synonyms: | abstract, analytical, assumed, dangerous, dicey, experimental, hairy, hazardous, hypothetical, ideal, iffy, intellectual, logical, philosophical, risky, uncertain, unsubstantiated, conceptive, formularized, idealized, ideological, in theory, notional, presumed, unproved, unproven |
| Main Entry: | theoretical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hypothetical |
| Synonyms: | abstract, academic, analytical, assumed, conjectural, contingent, general, ideal, imaginative, impractical, intellectual, logical, metaphysical, on paper*, pedantic, philosophical, pure, quixotic, speculative, tentative, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unsubstantiated, vague, as a premise, codified, formalistic, formularized, idealized, ideational, ideological, in the abstract, in theory, instanced, notional, postulated, presumed, problematical, suppositional, unproved |
| Notes: | empirical describes results determined by experiment and observed behavior or facts; theoretical describes results that are based on guesswork or hypothesis - and pragmatic is contrasted with theoretical on the grounds that the former proceeds from what is demonstrably practical, the latter from conjecture |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, factual, real, proven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | venerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respected |
| Synonyms: | admirable, aged, august, dignified, estimable, experienced, grand, grave, honorable, honored, imposing, noble, philosophical, reverend, sacred, sage, sedate, serious, stately, wise, worshipful, esteemed, matriarchal, patriarchal, revered, reverenced, venerated, worshipped |
| Antonyms: | unrespected |
| Main Entry: | profound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intellectual, thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, deep, difficult, discerning, enlightened, erudite, esoteric, heavy*, hermetic, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, mysterious, occult, penetrating, philosophical, recondite, reflective, sagacious, sage, scholarly, secret, serious, shrewd, skilled, subtle, thorough, weighty, wise, Orphic, acroamatic |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
| Synonyms: | assured, composed, deliberate, detached, dispassionate, impassive, imperturbable, levelheaded, nonchalant, philosophical, phlegmatic, placid, quiet, self-possessed, serene, stolid, together, tranquil, unemotional, unflappable, unruffled, coolheaded, relaxed, self-controlled, unagitated, unexcited |
| Antonyms: | agitated, annoyed, excited, upset |
| Main Entry: | thinking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, contemplative, engrossed, introspective, meditative, pensive, philosophical, reflective, cogitative, deliberating, deliberative, ruminating, ruminative |
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theoretical |
| Synonyms: | abstract, academic, philosophical, speculative, tentative, unproved |
| Antonyms: | applied |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | thought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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