| Main Entry: | ruminative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, analytical, attentive, brainy, calculating, cerebral, cogitative, contemplative, deep, deliberative, discerning, earnest, engrossed, excogitative, farsighted, grave, in a brown study, intellectual, intent, keen, levelheaded, logical, lost in thought, meditative, melancholy, museful, musing, pensive, philosophic, pondering, preoccupied, rapt, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reflecting, reflective, retrospective, serious, sober, speculative, studious, subjective, thinking, wise*, wistful |
| Main Entry: | contemplative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in thought |
Synonyms: |
attentive, cogitative, in brown study, intent, introspective, lost, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, rapt, reflecting, reflective, ruminative, speculative, thinking, thoughtful |
Antonyms: |
disdainful, disregarding, negligent, rejecting, scornful, shallow, unreflective |
| Main Entry: | meditative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contemplative |
Synonyms: |
awake, aware, cogitative, introspective, lucubratory, musing, pensive, philosophical, prayerful, rapt, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, thinking, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | pensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meditative, solemn |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, abstracted, attentive, cogitative, contemplative, dreamy, grave, musing, pondering, preoccupied, reflecting, reflective, ruminating, ruminative, serious, sober, speculative, thinking, thoughtful, wistful, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, shallow |
| Main Entry: | reflective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
cogitating, contemplative, deliberate, meditative, pensive, pondering, reasoning, ruminative, speculative, studious |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | thoughtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contemplative, introspective |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, analytical, attentive, brainy, calculating, cerebral, cogitative, deep, deliberative, discerning, earnest, engrossed, farsighted, grave, intellectual, intent, keen, levelheaded, logical, lost in thought, meditative, melancholy, museful, musing, pensive, philosophic, pondering, preoccupied, rapt, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reflecting, reflective, retrospective, ruminative, serious, sober, studious, subjective, thinking, wise, wistful |
Antonyms: |
idiotic, negligent, obtuse, remiss, stupid, thoughtless |
| Main Entry: | thinking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, cogitative, contemplative, deliberating, deliberative, engrossed, introspective, meditative, pensive, philosophical, reflective, ruminating, ruminative |
| Main Entry: | cogitative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
contemplating, contemplative, deliberative, excogitative, meditating, meditative, probing, reasoning, reflective, ruminative, thinking |
| Main Entry: | excogitative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
cogitative, contemplative, contrivable, deliberative, devisable, meditative, probing, reflective, ruminative, speculative, thinking |