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philosophical - 16 thesaurus results
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
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
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
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
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
Related Words
Main Entry: thought
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
alembicated, catoptric, cogitabund, contemplative, deep, idiotropic, in the mind, introspective, lost in thought, meditative, museful, pensive, philosophastering, philosophical, platonic, reflective, refrangible, sedate, specular, speculative, studious, subvocal, thinking, thought of, thoughtful, under consideration, uppermost in the mind, wistful
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