What is another word for musing?
428 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mjˈuːsɪŋ], [ mjˈuːsɪŋ], [ m_j_ˈuː_s_ɪ_ŋ]
Musing refers to a state of deep or serious thought or reflection. Synonyms for musing include contemplation, reflection, concentration, pondering, meditating or considering. These words signify a state of mind where someone is lost in thought or possesses a strong analytical mindset. Other synonyms for "musing" are deliberation, rumination, examination, scrutiny, introspection and speculation. These words offer a more intense meaning of musing, describing the act of analyzing a situation or topic thoroughly. Musing can be either purposeful or aimless and it is often used in an artistic context, particularly in music, where it refers to a state of writing or composing the music.
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Similar words for musing:
- contemplative (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- dreamy (adjective)
- inattentive (adjective)
- lost (adjective)
- meditative (adjective)
- moony (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- ruminative (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- visionary (adjective)
- wistful (adjective)
- absent-minded (noun)
- absorption (noun)
- abstraction (noun)
- brooding (noun)
- broody (noun)
- careless (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- conception (noun)
- contemplation (noun)
- contemplative (noun)
- daydream (noun)
- daydreaming (noun)
- deduction (noun)
- musing (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- reflection (noun)
- reverie (noun)
- rumination (noun)
- study (noun)
- thought (noun)
- thinking (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Musing:
adj.
• contemplative (adjective) • deep (adjective) • dreamy (adjective)- more daydreaming,
- out this world,
- most phantasmagorical,
- in-tangible,
- out of world,
- more lulling,
- out world,
- in tangible,
- most introvertive,
- mis tier,
- un real,
- most relaxing,
- un-substantial,
- mis-tier,
- more introvertive,
- more relaxing,
- more phantasmagorical,
- un-real,
- most lulling,
- most daydreaming,
- un substantial.
- unconscious,
- Inobservant,
- unheeding,
- out to lunch,
- Unobserving,
- unnoticing,
- off guard,
- undiscerning,
- neglectful,
- faraway,
- unmindful,
- unperceiving,
- unwatchful.
- in brown study,
- soothing,
- lost in thought,
- introvertive,
- phantasmagorical,
- meditative,
- preoccupied,
- misty,
- dreamy,
- thoughtful,
- lost,
- wistful,
- Museful,
- moony,
- deep,
- introspective,
- pensive,
- philosophic,
- inattentive.
n.
• absent-minded (noun) • absorption (noun) • abstraction (noun)- pre occupations,
- pre occupation,
- pre-occupations,
- entrancements,
- pre-occupation,
- reflectings,
- pensivenesses,
- ruminatings.
- concentratings,
- deliberatings,
- de-liberating,
- de-signs,
- speculatings,
- ex planation,
- re-presentations,
- ex-positions,
- considerings,
- mental grasps,
- de signs,
- de liberating,
- philosophizings,
- de sign,
- fancyings,
- envisagings,
- ex planations,
- ex-position,
- re presentations,
- de-sign,
- communings,
- cogitatings,
- meditatings,
- re presentation,
- ex-planations.
- conceivings,
- fool paradise,
- pie sky,
- castle in air,
- castle air,
- in a zones,
- pie the sky,
- stargazings,
- fond hopes,
- pie in sky,
- in zones,
- woolgatherings,
- mind trips,
- IN ZONE,
- figment imagination,
- fools paradise,
- castle the air.
- sequitur,
- pondering,
- illation,
- mind trip,
- illations,
- bemusement,
- phantasies,
- fond hope,
- Re-presentation,
- dreamings,
- stargazing,
- Visions,
- finding,
- phantasy,
- academic work,
- schoolwork,
- intellection,
- notion,
- conception,
- daydream,
- Re-search,
- intellections,
- figment of imagination,
- woolgathering,
- Imagining,
- entrancement,
- consideration,
- abstraction,
- broodings,
- reverie,
- in a zone,
- inference,
- ponderings,
- imaginings,
- deduction,
- preoccupation,
- contemplation,
- meditation,
- study,
- pensiveness,
- reflection,
- mental grasp.
v.
• thinking (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- absorbed,
- off one's guard,
- napping,
- elsewhere,
- calculate,
- apathetic,
- thoughts,
- hatching,
- pipe-dreaming,
- conceive,
- trance,
- pipe dream,
- somewhere else,
- recollection,
- conceptual,
- remark,
- pensively,
- fantasy,
- manifestation,
- distraction,
- dreaming,
- imagine,
- Mulling,
- speculative,
- envisage,
- mirror image,
- Hypothecating,
- Transported,
- occupied,
- visionary,
- cogitate,
- ponder,
- opine,
- Concentrative,
- serious,
- careless,
- castle-building,
- diction,
- concluding,
- desirous,
- profound thought,
- chew over,
- daydreamer,
- Inexpectant,
- deem,
- comment,
- bemused,
- brown study,
- recall,
- muse,
- concern,
- looking back,
- brainwork,
- observance,
- Ruminating,
- questioning,
- Intending,
- Communing,
- attentive,
- close study,
- dreaminess,
- inattention,
- weigh,
- reflect,
- fantasying,
- call up,
- observation,
- detached,
- abstractedness,
- distrait,
- abstract thought,
- Dreamery,
- caught napping,
- in a reverie,
- devise,
- half-awake,
- wondering,
- brood,
- pipedream,
- ruminate,
- absence of mind,
- reflectivity,
- barding,
- indifferent,
- speculativeness,
- revolving,
- oscitant,
- retrieve,
- Excogitating,
- engrossed,
- Jobbing,
- far-away,
- consider,
- wrapped in thought,
- expectation,
- ideative,
- daydreamy,
- counsel,
- uncaring,
- expression,
- negligent,
- intent,
- speculate,
- hypothesizing,
- remember,
- deduce,
- nostalgia,
- judging,
- melancholy,
- absent,
- rapt,
- conceptive,
- guess,
- intend,
- theorising,
- design,
- slack,
- Conjecturing,
- focusing,
- musingly,
- contemplativeness,
- cogitative,
- introspecting,
- believe,
- sober,
- advisement,
- abstracted,
- fancy,
- look upon,
- considerateness,
- absentmindedness,
- weighting,
- unobservant,
- Mediating,
- Reflectiveness,
- unconcerned,
- conjecture,
- drowsing,
- dream,
- remiss,
- distracted,
- concentrate,
- deep thought,
- Mooning,
- heedless,
- in a trance,
- nodding,
- conceptualized,
- Theorizing,
- mental,
- expect,
- contemplate,
- reverberating,
- noetic,
- mentation,
- designing,
- cognitive,
- oblivious,
- purpose,
- in the clouds,
- grave,
- mental activity,
- wool-gathering,
- puzzling,
- Conceiving,
- ecstatic,
- recollect,
- remind,
- deliberative,
- fantasizing,
- absentminded,
- reckon,
- Memories.
How to use "Musing" in context?
Musing, in its simplest form, is simply a contemplative activity. It can involve looking at a while object or idly contemplating a thought. It can also involve the analysis of something within the individual self. Within the arts, it can often involve creative thought and creation. When used within the context of psychology, it can involve the processing of emotions.
Homophones for Musing:
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Hyponym for Musing:
n.
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cognition
consideration.
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cognition
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