Synonyms for contemplation
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Reflection — the act of contemplating; being highly concentrated in thought; musing
reflection, musing, meditation, rumination, pondering, deliberation, thought, consideration, mind, reflexion, observation, study, thoughtfulness, speculation, view, cogitation, lucubration
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of contemplating; being highly concentrated in thought; musing.
Near-synonyms: meditation, cogitation; see also Thesaurus:attention, Thesaurus:consideration
- n. 2
Holy meditation.
Near-synonyms: devotions, prayer
- n. 3
The state of being considered or planned.
contemplation of port facility expansion
Related words
- Word family
- contemplate contemplative
Forms
- Plural
- contemplations → reflections, musings, meditations, ruminations…
Example sentences
- reflection Theater is humanity's active reflection on itself.
- meditation Mari calls her library room her "meditation room."
- rumination Rumination is an important stage of making decisions.
- anticipation The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| contemplation | steady | |
| reflection | rising | |
| meditation | rising | |
| musing | rising | |
| rumination | rising | |
| anticipation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mind1, view1
- 5 letters
- study2
- 6 letters
- prayer1, musing2
- 7 letters
- thought1
- 8 letters
- planning2, proposal3, prospect2, devotion3
- 9 letters
- pondering3, reflexion
- 10 letters
- reflection3, meditation4, rumination4, cogitation4
- 11 letters
- observation4, speculation4, lucubration
- 12 letters
- anticipation5, deliberation5
- 13 letters
- consideration5
- 14 letters
- thoughtfulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contemplation
- Italiano
- contemplazione
- Español
- contemplación
- Deutsch
- Kontemplation