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Synonyms for cogitate

Most common

consider muse ponder meditate

All synonyms

Verb

1. Ponder — to meditate, to ponder, to think deeply

ponder, think, consider, muse, deliberate, meditate, reflect, cerebrate, ruminate, mull, contemplate, excogitate, speculate dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.

Related words

Word family
cogitation

Forms

Past participle
cogitated
e.g. cogitated → pondered, considered, mused, deliberated…

Example sentences

  • consider I do not consider her choice of music a happy one.
  • muse "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.
  • ponder These are very disconcerting questions to ponder.
  • meditate Sami wanted to be able to meditate like Layla did.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cogitaterising
considersteady
muserising
ponderrising
meditaterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
muse1, mull1
5 letters
think1
6 letters
ponder2
7 letters
reflect2
8 letters
consider3, meditate3, ruminate3
9 letters
speculate3, cerebrate
10 letters
deliberate4, excogitate
11 letters
contemplate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ponder2 = 2 syllables).