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| Main Entry: | reflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back |
| Synonyms: | cast, catch, copy, echo, emulate, flash, follow, imitate, match, mirror, rebound, repeat, reply, reproduce, resonate, resound, return, reverberate, reverse, revert, shine, take after, give forth, repercuss, throw back |
| Main Entry: | reflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about |
| Synonyms: | chew*, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, ruminate, speculate, stew*, study, think, weigh, wonder, cerebrate, mull over |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, indicate |
| Synonyms: | bear out, bespeak, communicate, display, evince, exhibit, express, indicate, manifest, reveal, show |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cogitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think deeply about |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, chew the cud*, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, imagine, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, cerebrate, flash on, kick around*, mull over, noodle around, stew over |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make statement of opinion, explanation |
| Synonyms: | affirm, annotate, assert, bring out, clarify, conclude, construe, criticize, disclose, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, express, gloss, illustrate, interject, interpose, interpret, mention, note, notice, observe, opine, point out, pronounce, reflect, remark, say, state, animadvert, commentate, pass on, touch upon |
| Antonyms: | refrain, keep quiet |
| Main Entry: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, experience with another |
| Synonyms: | confer, contemplate, converse, discourse, discuss, mediate, muse, parley, ponder, reflect, confide in |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; discuss |
| Synonyms: | argue, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, judge, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, turn over, weigh, bat it around, cerebrate, chew over, hammer away at, kick around, knock around, mull over, pour it on, put on thinking cap, rack brains, run up a flagpole, stew over, sweat over, talk over |
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
| Synonyms: | ape, ditto*, imitate, impersonate, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, second, vibrate, do like, go like, make like, rubber-stamp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be; do an impression of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, borrow, burlesque, carbon*, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow suit*, forge, impersonate, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, parallel, parody, pretend, put on*, reflect, repeat, reproduce, resemble, sham, simulate, spoof, take off*, travesty, act like, be like, do like, do likewise, follow in footsteps, look like, model after, pattern after, personate, play a part, reduplicate, replicate, send up* |
| Notes: | emulate means to strive to equal, excel, or match by imitating; imitate means to reproduce or copy someone's behavior or looks |
| Antonyms: | clash, differ, oppose, reverse, be original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meditate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate |
| Synonyms: | cogitate, consider, deliberate, design, devise, dream, figure, intend, moon*, muse, plan, ponder, purpose, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, scheme, speculate, study, think, track, view, weigh, brood over, entertain idea, have in mind, mull over, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, say to oneself, think deeply, think over |
| Antonyms: | dismiss, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | brood over, chaw, consider, contemplate, delay, deliberate, examine, figure, hammer away at, linger, meditate, moon*, muse on, ponder, pore over, procrastinate, rack one's brains, reflect, review, revolve, ruminate, stew over, study, sweat over, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about, dream |
| Synonyms: | brood, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, feel, meditate, moon*, percolate, ponder, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, think, turn over, weigh, be lost in thought, build castles in air, chew over, mull over, puzzle over, think over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | break it up, call time, catch one's breath, cease, come to standstill, deliberate, desist, discontinue, drop, halt, hesitate, hold back, interrupt, put on hold, reflect, rest, shake, sideline, stop briefly, suspend, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten, think twice, waver |
| Antonyms: | continue, persist, restart |
| Main Entry: | ponder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | appraise, brood, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, excogitate, figure, meditate, mind, moon*, mull, muse, pipe dream*, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, turn over, weigh, build castles in air, cerebrate, give thought to, mull over, noodle around, perpend, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, think out, think over, woolgather |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | notice and comment |
| Synonyms: | behold, catch, crack*, declare, descry, espy, heed, make out, mark, mention, mouth off*, note, observe, perceive, reflect, regard, say, see, speak, spot, state, utter, wisecrack, animadvert, commentate, pass comment, pick up on, take note, take notice |
| Antonyms: | hold back, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, brood, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, excogitate, figure, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, rack one's brains, reflect, revolve, stew about, think, turn over, use one's head, weigh |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | visualize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a picture of in the mind |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, conceive of, conjure up, create, divine, dream up, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, foresee, get the picture, image, imagine, object, picture, reflect, see, see in the mind's eye, think, view, vision |
| Main Entry: | bounce back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recuperate quickly |
| Synonyms: | echo, gain strength, get better, get over, get well, mend, overcome, pull around, rebound, recover, recuperate, reflect, renew one's strength, turn the corner |
| Main Entry: | think back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recall |
| Synonyms: | recollect, reflect, remember, reminisce, live in the past |
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