Synonyms for reflect
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Verb
1. Ponder — to think seriously; to ponder or consider
ponder, ruminate, consider, contemplate, think, muse, deliberate, meditate, think over, study, mull over, mull, cogitate, chew over, speculate dated, excogitate rare
Other
mirror, shine, return, image, reverberate, strike back, exhibit, cast, bethink, depicture dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
Related words
- Word family
- reflectance reflective reflector reflexion
- Phrases
- reflect upon reflect on
Forms
- Past participle
- reflected
e.g. reflected → pondered, ruminated, considered, contemplated…
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.
- mirror I like to have a full-length mirror in my bedroom.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reflect | steady | |
| consider | steady | |
| contemplate | steady | |
| ponder | rising | |
| ruminate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- cast1, muse1, mull1
- 5 letters
- think1, study2, image2, shine1
- 6 letters
- return2, mirror2, ponder2
- 7 letters
- exhibit3, bethink
- 8 letters
- consider3, meditate3, ruminate3, cogitate3
- 9 letters
- speculate3, depicture
- 10 letters
- deliberate4, excogitate
- 11 letters
- contemplate3, reverberate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- refléter
- Español
- reflejar
- Deutsch
- widerspiegeln
- Català
- reflectir