Synonyms for excogitate
Definitions
- v. 1
To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
Did he ponder the harmony of the spheres? Certainly not: celestial spheres were first excogitated decades or more after Pythagoras' death.
- v. 2
To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.
Forms
- Past participle
- excogitated
e.g. excogitated → studied, reflected, mused, speculated…
Example sentences
- reflect You reflect a quiet confidence in all that you do.
- muse "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.
- speculate As to what happened there, one can only speculate.
- contemplate Let's contemplate Swedish meatballs for a moment.
- scheme The main feature of this scheme is still ambiguous.
- contrive He doesn’t know what causes it, but just wait. He’ll contrive an explanation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| excogitate | steady | |
| reflect | steady | |
| muse | rising | |
| speculate | steady | |
| contemplate | steady | |
| scheme | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- muse1, mull1
- 5 letters
- think1, study2, forge1
- 6 letters
- scheme1, invent2, ponder2, devise2
- 7 letters
- reflect2
- 8 letters
- meditate3, ruminate3, contrive2, cogitate3
- 9 letters
- speculate3, formulate3
- 10 letters
- deliberate4
- 11 letters
- contemplate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).