Synonyms for meditative
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Contemplative — thoughtful; pensive
contemplative, pensive, ruminative, reflective, thoughtful, wistful, musing, brooding, pondering, studious, speculative, broody
Definitions
- adj. 1
Thoughtful; pensive.
After hearing the news he became meditative.
Related words
- Word family
- meditativeness meditate meditation meditator
Example sentences
- reflective Wear your reflective tape so you can be seen.
- contemplative His face looks very serious and contemplative.
- pensive In the window sat a girl with a pensive face.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meditative | rising | |
| reflective | rising | |
| contemplative | rising | |
| pensive | rising | |
| ruminative | 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
- 9 letters
- pondering3
- 10 letters
- thoughtful2, reflective3, ruminative
- 11 letters
- speculative4
- 13 letters
- contemplative4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (musing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- méditatif
- Italiano
- meditativo