Definition for Contemplation:

• The act of contemplating; meditation.

Synonyms for Contemplation:

• n.

  •
  • consecrate,
  • circumcision,
  • blessing,
  • confession,
  • circumcise,
  • bless.
  •
  • introspection,
  • focus,
  • sight,
  • forethought,
  • soul-searching,
  • see,
  • regard,
  • assessment.
  •abstraction (noun)
  • pre-occupation,
  • pre occupation,
  • ruminatings,
  • pre occupations,
  • entrancements,
  • reflectings,
  • pre-occupations,
  • pensivenesses.
  •act (noun)
  • contemplation.
  •anticipation (noun)
  • out-looks,
  • out-look,
  • fore tastes,
  • out look,
  • pre-conception,
  • pre sciences,
  • pre sentiments,
  • fore-sights,
  • fore sight,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • pre monition,
  • pre conceptions,
  • pre sentiment,
  • pro-mises,
  • fore-tastes,
  • pre-monition,
  • pre science,
  • high hope,
  • fore taste,
  • pre monitions,
  • fore sights,
  • out looks,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • pre-monitions,
  • looking forwards,
  • pro-mise,
  • pro mise,
  • pro mises,
  • pre-sciences,
  • fore-taste,
  • pre-science,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • pre conception,
  • fore-sight.
  •attention (noun)
  • immersion,
  • heedfulness,
  • intentness,
  • industry.
  •consideration (noun)
  • fore-thoughts,
  • re-gard,
  • re view,
  • ex aminations,
  • re views,
  • ex-aminations,
  • re-views,
  • ex-amination,
  • re gards,
  • fore-thought,
  • ex amination,
  • fore thoughts,
  • re-view,
  • fore thought.
  •contemplation (noun)
  • thoughtfulness,
  • reflexion.
  •deduction (noun)
  • concludings,
  • sequiturs,
  • mullings,
  • inferrings.
  •deep thought (noun)
  • profound thoughts,
  • deep-thought.
  •deep thought; planning (noun)
  • design,
  • intention,
  • deliberation,
  • plan,
  • meditation,
  • purpose,
  • ambition.
  •engrossment (noun)
  • absorption.
  •expectation (noun)
  • expectation,
  • presumption,
  • foreboding,
  • anxiety,
  • pessimism,
  • apprehension,
  • uncertainty,
  • worriment,
  • fear,
  • expectancy,
  • anticipation,
  • dread,
  • suspense,
  • apprehensiveness.
  •gazing at (noun)
  • looking at,
  • observation,
  • inspection,
  • survey,
  • scrutiny,
  • viewing,
  • examination.
  •hope (noun)
  • aspiration,
  • wish,
  • sureness,
  • desire,
  • eagerness,
  • hope,
  • confidence,
  • yearning,
  • faith,
  • optimism.
  •imagination (noun)
  • invention,
  • creation,
  • fantasy,
  • supposition,
  • vision,
  • conception,
  • Daydreams,
  • dream,
  • Dreams,
  • idea,
  • brainchild,
  • creativity.
  •prospect (noun)
  • irons in fire,
  • in the cards.
  •question (noun)
  • exploration,
  • question,
  • query,
  • inquiry,
  • interpellation,
  • poll,
  • inquest,
  • quiz,
  • interrogation,
  • probe.
  •reflection (noun)
  • re flections,
  • re flection,
  • re-flections,
  • re-flection.
  •reverie (noun)
  • absentmindedness,
  • mind trip,
  • dreamings,
  • phantasy,
  • woolgathering,
  • castle-building,
  • dreaminess,
  • phantasies,
  • castles in the air,
  • castles in air.
  •soul-searching (noun)
  • self-analysis.
  •speculation (noun)
  • shot the dark,
  • hypo-thesis,
  • ex cogitation,
  • stab dark,
  • ex cogitations,
  • sur-mise,
  • sur mise,
  • ex-cogitation,
  • studyings,
  • sneaking suspicions,
  • stab in dark,
  • sur-mises,
  • ex-cogitations,
  • stab the dark,
  • sur mises,
  • guesstimates,
  • hypo thesis.
  •study (noun)
  • academic works,
  • schoolworks,
  • memorizings,
  • crammings.
  •thought (noun)
  • brain work,
  • intellection,
  • thought,
  • imagination,
  • calculation,
  • cerebration,
  • daydreaming,
  • thinking,
  • appraisal,
  • engrossment,
  • evaluation,
  • preoccupation,
  • Debating,
  • reasoning,
  • wistfulness,
  • brooding,
  • analysis,
  • concentration,
  • weighing,
  • envisioning.
  •view (noun)
  • dis-plays,
  • perlustrations,
  • dis plays,
  • dis-play,
  • dis play.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • officiate,
  • novitiate,
  • anoint,
  • prayer meeting,
  • celebrant,
  • thanksgiving,
  • sacrificial,
  • ceremony,
  • rite,
  • ordination,
  • purification,
  • brainwork,
  • devotional,
  • purify,
  • sanctify,
  • flagellation,
  • liturgical.
  •
  • ordain,
  • feast,
  • sacrifice,
  • invocation,
  • vigil,
  • preach,
  • prayer,
  • deify.
  •
  • ministry.
  •
  • service.

Paraphrases for Contemplation:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    meditation.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    preparation, forecasting, expectation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    anticipation, deliberation, prediction, prevision, forecast, projection.

Antonyms for Contemplation:

• n.

  • deep thought; planning
    disregard, ignorance, disdain, rejection, neglect, slight, avoidance.

Contemplation Sentence Examples:

• He looked about for a moment, and then sat down on the divan, folded his feet under him, and fell into a contemplation of the sphere.

• The words, the tone, both bore a touch of real pathos; nevertheless Lady Hayes smiled, as if, so far from being pained by the sad prospect, she found something amusing in the contemplation.

Hyponym for Contemplation:

• n.

  • act
    stare.