Synonyms for Contemplating:

• adj.

  •cogitative (adjective)
  • ruminative.
  •deliberative (adjective)
  • de liberative,
  • de-liberative.
  •minded (adjective)
  • in-tending,
  • most resolved,
  • dis-posed,
  • most purposing,
  • more purposing,
  • more planning,
  • most liking,
  • dis posed,
  • aiming at,
  • more liking,
  • most intending,
  • most planning,
  • more intending,
  • in tending,
  • re-solved,
  • more resolved.
  •observant (adjective)
  • more contemplating,
  • more questioning,
  • more discovering,
  • most advertent,
  • dis criminating,
  • most observative,
  • more intentive,
  • most comprehending,
  • eagle eyed,
  • most sharpeyed,
  • more deducing,
  • on ones toes,
  • more observative,
  • most questioning,
  • most discovering,
  • most sharp-eyed,
  • more sharpeyed,
  • most clearsighted,
  • dis covering,
  • most deducing,
  • more sharp-eyed,
  • eagleeyed,
  • on one toes,
  • dis-criminating,
  • under-standing,
  • wide awake,
  • clear sighted,
  • most detecting,
  • sharpeyed,
  • more surveying,
  • not missing trick,
  • most clear-sighted,
  • most intentive,
  • most clear sighted,
  • most contemplating,
  • dis-covering,
  • under standing,
  • more sharp eyed,
  • more clearsighted,
  • more clear sighted,
  • more clear-sighted,
  • more advertent,
  • most sharp eyed,
  • more comprehending,
  • more detecting,
  • most surveying,
  • sharp eyed.

• v.

  •examining (verb)
  • scanning,
  • verifying,
  • reviewing,
  • Checking,
  • perusing,
  • Scrutinizing,
  • Inspecting.
  •expecting (verb)
  • Apprehending,
  • gathering,
  • Envisaging,
  • foreboding,
  • assuming,
  • Suspecting,
  • Deducing,
  • Presuming,
  • foreseeing,
  • Expecting,
  • Presupposing,
  • Inferring,
  • Dreading,
  • Awaiting,
  • Foreknowing,
  • Surmising,
  • Anticipating.
  •hoping (verb)
  • trusting,
  • Desiring,
  • Intending,
  • Hoping,
  • wanting,
  • dreaming of,
  • yearning,
  • wishing,
  • aspiring,
  • Relying,
  • believing.
  •imagining (verb)
  • planning,
  • Theorizing,
  • Supposing,
  • fantasizing,
  • Conceiving,
  • Opining,
  • Inventing,
  • designing,
  • brainstorming,
  • Perceiving,
  • observing,
  • Creating.
  •questioning (verb)
  • seeking,
  • canvassing,
  • Polling,
  • Examining,
  • Delving,
  • investigating,
  • Quizzing,
  • challenging,
  • Exploring,
  • Interrogating,
  • asking,
  • probing,
  • surveying,
  • Cross-examining,
  • Querying,
  • questioning,
  • inquiring,
  • Interpolating,
  • catechizing,
  • Disputing.
  •thinking (verb)
  • musing,
  • Cogitating,
  • reasoning,
  • Imagining,
  • Debating,
  • Considering,
  • Deliberating,
  • appraising,
  • daydreaming,
  • envisioning,
  • calculating,
  • reflecting,
  • weighing,
  • brooding,
  • Meditating,
  • cerebrating,
  • Concentrating,
  • studying,
  • thinking,
  • pondering,
  • evaluating,
  • Speculating,
  • Analyzing.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • entertaining,
  • eying,
  • preoccupied,
  • cerebration,
  • contemplation,
  • offer,
  • idea,
  • brown study,
  • cogitation,
  • obsessed,
  • regard,
  • envisage,
  • meditative,
  • contemplate,
  • intent,
  • ponder,
  • think,
  • chewing,
  • mental activity,
  • sober,
  • Digesting,
  • hypothesizing,
  • rumination,
  • propose,
  • intend,
  • fancy,
  • speculate,
  • calculation,
  • Purposing,
  • meditate,
  • examine,
  • analysing,
  • attend,
  • meditate on,
  • face,
  • thought,
  • feel,
  • wistful,
  • feeling,
  • inspect,
  • discover,
  • reflexion,
  • contemplative,
  • speculation,
  • Poring,
  • behold,
  • observe,
  • expect,
  • reflection,
  • absorbed,
  • conceptual,
  • engrossed,
  • rapt,
  • wrapped up in,
  • celebrate,
  • caught up in,
  • meditation,
  • censure,
  • noetic,
  • view,
  • reverberating,
  • look,
  • guess,
  • engaged,
  • watching,
  • cognitive,
  • see,
  • deduction,
  • notion,
  • watch,
  • studious,
  • anticipate,
  • single-minded,
  • Gazing,
  • perceive,
  • Conjecturing,
  • buried in,
  • consideration,
  • Jobbing,
  • expression,
  • ruminant,
  • witness,
  • brainwork,
  • viewing,
  • speculative,
  • wondering,
  • pensive,
  • Mulling,
  • think deeply,
  • conception,
  • involved,
  • understand,
  • mental,
  • mentation,
  • attention,
  • opinion,
  • looking,
  • theorising,
  • Ruminating,
  • occupied,
  • Proposing,
  • commemorate,
  • concept,
  • reflective,
  • deliberation,
  • reflect on,
  • supposition,
  • serious,
  • envision,
  • observation,
  • conceit,
  • introspective,
  • consider,
  • thoughtful,
  • regarding,
  • lost in thought,
  • judgment.

Paraphrases for Contemplating:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Considering, evaluating, Imagining, envisioning, Deliberating, pondering, investigating, Stipulating, Perceiving, Exploring, Examining, Proposing, preparation, Elaborating, rethinking, Envisaged, Envisaging, Debating, examination, planning, Recognizing, Analyzing, Deeming, analysing, Assessing, foreseeing, scrutinising, Expecting, entertaining, Inspecting, Discussing, Embarking, pointing, develop, appraising, Stating, Intending, pursuing, viewing, Prescribing, wondering, covering, deciding, forecasting, believing, Addressing, Encountering, posing, watching, Preparing, Parsing, facing, thinking, devising, crafting, researching, dreaming, targeting, Aiming, designing, Purporting, review, reviewing, studying, Hoping, Claiming, brewing, bearing, wishing, dealing, Mulling, judging, Applying, seeking, looking, weighing, wanting, seeing, scheme, Desiring, going, Requiring, surveying.