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Main Entry: revolve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: turn, circle

Synonyms:

circumduct, go around, gyrate, gyre, orbit, roll, rotate, spin, turn around, twist, wheel, whirl
Notes: revolve and rotate are synonyms in everyday writing, but not in scientific/technical writing: the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotates upon its axis
Main Entry: revolve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: think about

Synonyms:

consider, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, roll, ruminate, study, think over, turn over in mind

Antonyms:

ignore, neglect
Main Entry: bowl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: roll a ball down a lane

Synonyms:

fling, hurl, pitch, play duckpins, play tenpins, revolve, rotate, spin, throw, trundle, whirl
Main Entry: circle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around, circumnavigate

Synonyms:

begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about
Main Entry: circulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flow

Synonyms:

actuate, circle, fly about, get about, get around, go about, gyrate, mill around, mobilize, move around, radiate, revolve, rotate, set off, travel, wander

Antonyms:

block
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

Antonyms:

discard, dismiss, forget, ignore, neglect, reject
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: 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
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
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

Antonyms:

ignore, neglect
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