Synonyms for Contemplates:

• v.

  •examines (verb)
  • inspects,
  • scrutinizes,
  • reviews,
  • verifies,
  • scans,
  • checks,
  • peruses.
  •expects (verb)
  • assumes,
  • presumes,
  • foreknows,
  • presupposes,
  • suspects,
  • foresees,
  • awaits,
  • apprehends,
  • envisages,
  • deduces,
  • gathers,
  • expects,
  • infers,
  • surmises,
  • forebodes,
  • anticipates,
  • dreads.
  •hopes (verb)
  • trusts,
  • hopes,
  • desires,
  • dreams of,
  • aspires,
  • wishes,
  • believes,
  • relies,
  • intends,
  • wants,
  • yearns.
  •imagines (verb)
  • theorizes,
  • conceives,
  • perceives,
  • observes,
  • supposes,
  • designs,
  • fantasizes,
  • invents,
  • creates,
  • brainstorms,
  • opines,
  • plans.
  •questions (verb)
  • explores,
  • disputes,
  • investigates,
  • inquires,
  • interrogates,
  • asks,
  • Queries,
  • canvasses,
  • catechizes,
  • cross examines,
  • probes,
  • challenges,
  • interpolates,
  • delves,
  • questions,
  • examines,
  • quizzes,
  • Surveys,
  • seeks,
  • polls.
  •thinks (verb)
  • speculates,
  • thinks,
  • concentrates,
  • meditates,
  • envisions,
  • calculates,
  • debates,
  • analyzes,
  • reasons,
  • deliberates,
  • reflects,
  • Daydreams,
  • ponders,
  • Studies,
  • considers,
  • imagines,
  • broods,
  • appraises,
  • evaluates,
  • muses,
  • cogitates,
  • weighs,
  • cerebrates.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • abide by,
  • abstract thought,
  • agency,
  • air castle,
  • ambition,
  • analyse,
  • analyze,
  • approximate,
  • approximation,
  • august 15,
  • average,
  • base,
  • bastardly,
  • bear on,
  • beggarly,
  • belief,
  • believe,
  • breathing in,
  • brood,
  • business,
  • business concern,
  • business organization,
  • canvass,
  • care,
  • castle in the air,
  • chew over,
  • circumstance,
  • come to,
  • computation,
  • computing,
  • conceive,
  • conceive of,
  • concept,
  • condition,
  • conjecture,
  • considerateness,
  • consist,
  • construct,
  • count,
  • creation,
  • daydreaming,
  • deal,
  • debate,
  • deductive reasoning,
  • deference,
  • deliberate,
  • deliberateness,
  • design,
  • designate,
  • destine,
  • discount,
  • dreaming,
  • effrontery,
  • entail,
  • entailment,
  • essay,
  • esteem,
  • estimate,
  • estimation,
  • exam,
  • examen,
  • excogitate,
  • excogitation,
  • fear,
  • feeling,
  • figuring,
  • gauge,
  • given,
  • guessing,
  • guesswork,
  • harp,
  • hateful,
  • have in mind,
  • hazard,
  • headache,
  • hold,
  • honor,
  • honour,
  • ideate,
  • illation,
  • implication,
  • imply,
  • impression,
  • infer,
  • inhabit,
  • inhalation,
  • innovation,
  • inspiration,
  • intake,
  • intelligent,
  • interest,
  • interrogation,
  • interrogatory,
  • invention,
  • job,
  • judge,
  • laying claim,
  • lie,
  • live,
  • logical thinking,
  • look at,
  • mean value,
  • meanspirited,
  • meditation,
  • melodic theme,
  • mind,
  • mingy,
  • miserly,
  • moon,
  • moot,
  • mull,
  • mull over,
  • muse,
  • musical theme,
  • musing,
  • obedience,
  • observe,
  • occupy,
  • oneirism,
  • opine,
  • opinion,
  • pertain,
  • pipe dream,
  • populate,
  • possibility,
  • precondition,
  • premise,
  • premiss,
  • presumptuousness,
  • pretend,
  • price reduction,
  • prise,
  • prize,
  • probe,
  • prove,
  • reckon,
  • reckoning,
  • refer,
  • reflect,
  • reflection,
  • reflexion,
  • regard,
  • relate,
  • respectfulness,
  • retainer,
  • reverie,
  • revery,
  • ruminate,
  • rumination,
  • scrutiny,
  • see,
  • shot,
  • signify,
  • slowness,
  • specify,
  • stand for,
  • stargaze,
  • study,
  • substance,
  • subtraction,
  • supposal,
  • suppose,
  • supposition,
  • surmisal,
  • surmise,
  • synthesis,
  • take,
  • take for,
  • tax deduction,
  • test,
  • testing,
  • theme,
  • theorise,
  • theorize,
  • theory,
  • think,
  • think of,
  • think over,
  • thinking,
  • thought,
  • tight,
  • touch,
  • touch on,
  • try,
  • try out,
  • turn over,
  • unhurriedness,
  • value,
  • venture,
  • vexation,
  • view,
  • view as,
  • way,
  • weigh,
  • weighing,
  • whim,
  • whimsey,
  • whimsy,
  • woolgather,
  • worry,
  • dead reckoning,
  • tax write-off,
  • lie in,
  • have to do with.

Paraphrases for Contemplates:

• Independent

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    anticipates, concentrates, allocates, considers, completes, incorporates, promulgates, negotiates, encapsulates, indicates, envisions, implements, accommodates, delineates, recommends, commits, contends, proclaims, Advocated, advocates, acknowledges, reinstates, investigates, relates, stipulate, stipulates, perceives, explores, examines, dictates, obligates, conducts, mentions, denotes, proposes, encompass, encompasses, executes, mandates, elaborates, concerns, envisages, pertains, announces, regulates, integrates, contains, assigns, scrutinizes, tackles, plans, recognizes, predicts, characterizes, creates, proscribes, promotes, adopts, suggests, realises, advises, Deems, interacts, assumes, classifies, identifies, assesses, stipulations, declares, foresees, authorizes, understands, aspires, scrutinises, outlines, realizes, reflects, expects, consists, feels, governs, Affects, interprets, comprises, accomplishes, responds, inspects, specifies, affords, discusses, organizes, speaks, regards, entails, asserts, describes, adjusts, introduces, embraces, imposes, enforces, posits, states, undertakes, intends, pursues, views, prohibits, prescribes, defines, captures, covers, forecasts, believes, aligns, Addresses, Permits, authorises, enables, entitles, embodies, espouses, establishes, Watches, produces, determines, invests, heeds, encourages, Faces, thinks, observes, handles, treats, refers, allows, performs, approaches, directs, obliges, targets, embeds, aim, aims, exempts, provisions, strives, involves, Levies, says, Trafficking, includes, extends, implies, purported, purports, holds, reviews, lists, revolves, provides, hopes, fulfils, subsumes, fulfills, offers, favours, resolves, spans, Bears, earns, enshrines, Carries, achieves, deals, attempts, mulls, delivers, falls, lays, hears, favors, Gives, fixes, reads, calls, sets, seeks, wears, shows, derives, finds, Focuses, focusses, looks, settles, weighs, wants, sees, brings, takes, secures, ensures, fosters, raises, puts, serves, requires, tries, makes, Does.

Contemplates Sentence Examples:

• But since it was evident that man as spiritual activity does produce a world of his own, for which he is praised if it is deemed good, but blamed if it is judged bad, it had to follow that there were two distinct aspects in human life: one by which man contemplates reality, the other by which he creates his own world, - a world, however, which is but a transformation of the true and original reality.

• " It will be himself," interrupted M. de Bouillon, " for he seeks to be named regent; and I know that at this moment he contemplates taking your children from you, and requiring the King to confide them to his care."