Synonyms for contemplate
All synonyms
Verb
1. Ponder — to look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with…
ponder, consider, look, meditate, muse, reflect, speculate, think about, ruminate, mull, think, observe, think over, intend, propose, regard, mull over, plan, view, mean, purpose, digest
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Definitions
- v. 1
To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- contemplated
e.g. contemplated → pondered, considered, looked, meditated…
Example sentences
- consider I do not consider her choice of music a happy one.
- reflect You reflect a quiet confidence in all that you do.
- ponder These are very disconcerting questions to ponder.
- meditate Sami wanted to be able to meditate like Layla did.
- examine We dissected a frog to examine its internal organs.
By length
- 4 letters
- look1, mean1, plan1, view1, muse1, mull1
- 5 letters
- think1, study2
- 6 letters
- regard2, intend2, digest2, ponder2
- 7 letters
- purpose2, reflect2, examine3, observe2, propose2
- 8 letters
- consider3, meditate3, ruminate3
- 9 letters
- speculate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contempler
- Español
- contemplar