Synonyms for mull
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Verb
1. Ponder
ponder, ruminate, think over, contemplate, consider, think, muse, chew over, speculate, meditate, chew, reflect, excogitate, cogitate, deliberate
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Definitions
- v. 1
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
to mull a thought or a problem
Forms
- Past participle
- mulled
e.g. mulled → pondered, ruminated, contemplated, considered…
Example sentences
- consider I do not consider her choice of music a happy one.
- contemplate Let's contemplate Swedish meatballs for a moment.
- ponder These are very disconcerting questions to ponder.
- overthink Tom has a tendency to overthink things.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mull | steady | |
| consider | steady | |
| contemplate | steady | |
| ponder | rising | |
| ruminate | rising | |
| overthink | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- chew1, muse1
- 5 letters
- think1
- 6 letters
- ponder2
- 7 letters
- reflect2
- 8 letters
- consider3, meditate3, ruminate3, cogitate3
- 9 letters
- speculate3, overthink
- 10 letters
- deliberate4, excogitate
- 11 letters
- contemplate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ponder2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gamberger