Synonyms for contemplative
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Meditative — inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative
meditative, thoughtful, pensive, introspective, reflective, wistful, musing, studious, ruminative, brooding, speculative, pondering, broody, thoughty dated UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Related words
- Word family
- contemplativeness contemplate
Example sentences
- thoughtful It's thoughtful of you to remind me of my promise.
- introspective Russian art is often deeply personal and introspective.
- meditative Work is drudgery if you don't think it's meditative.
- pensive In the window sat a girl with a pensive face.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| contemplative | rising | |
| thoughtful | rising | |
| introspective | rising | |
| meditative | rising | |
| pensive | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- musing2, broody2
- 7 letters
- wistful2, pensive2
- 8 letters
- brooding2, studious3, thoughty
- 9 letters
- pondering3
- 10 letters
- thoughtful2, reflective3, meditative4, ruminative
- 11 letters
- speculative4
- 13 letters
- introspective4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (musing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contemplatif
- Italiano
- contemplativo
- Deutsch
- kontemplativ