What is another word for ponder?
1343 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈɒndə], [ pˈɒndə], [ p_ˈɒ_n_d_ə]Table of Contents
Similar words for ponder:- excogotate (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- ponder (noun)
- brainstorm (verb)
- brood (verb)
- chew (verb)
- cogitate (verb)
- commune (verb)
- compare (verb)
- conceive (verb)
- concentrate (verb)
- consider (verb)
- contemplate (verb)
- deliberate (verb)
- entertain (verb)
- examine (verb)
- excogitate (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- meditate (verb)
- mull (verb)
- muse (verb)
- purpose (verb)
- put in a specific context (verb)
- puzzle (verb)
- ratiocinate (verb)
- revolve (verb)
- ruminate (verb)
- see (verb)
- study (verb)
- think (verb)
- think about seriously (verb)
- turn over (verb)
- weigh (verb)
- other synonyms
- chew
- compare
- create
- deliberate
- examine
- hesitate
- linger over
- mull
- other relevant words
- ruminate
- see
- think
- turn over
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Ponder:
n.
•excogotate (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun) •ponder (noun)v.
•brainstorm (verb)- shares ideas,
- putting heads together,
- in vent,
- in vented,
- racks brains,
- in-vented,
- racked brains,
- racking brains,
- in-venting,
- in venting,
- sharing ideas,
- shared ideas,
- puts heads together,
- in vents,
- in-vent,
- in-vents.
- re pines,
- am in brown study,
- wert in brown study,
- ate ones heart out,
- ate heart out,
- eating one's heart out,
- eats one's heart out,
- eating ones heart out,
- thinks upon,
- stews over,
- re-pines,
- re-pine,
- is brown study,
- being in brown study,
- re pining,
- eating heart out,
- eats heart out,
- are brown study,
- stewed over,
- sweats over,
- eat one heart out,
- re pined,
- chafes inwardly,
- was brown study,
- wert brown study,
- dwell up on,
- ate one's heart out,
- re pine,
- was in brown study,
- sweated out,
- were brown study,
- wast in brown study,
- think up on,
- sweats out,
- is in brown study,
- were in brown study,
- am brown study,
- be brown study,
- ate one heart out,
- eats ones heart out,
- thinking upon,
- thinking up on,
- re-pining,
- chafed inwardly,
- sweating over,
- stewing over,
- are in brown study,
- chafing inwardly,
- art brown study,
- being brown study,
- thinks up on,
- eating one heart out,
- wast brown study,
- art in brown study,
- sweated over,
- eat ones heart out,
- eats one heart out,
- re-pined,
- thought up on,
- thought upon,
- mulled over.
- reflects upon,
- mused on,
- reflect up on,
- reflected up on,
- musing on,
- reflecting upon,
- reflecting up on,
- muses on,
- reflects up on.
- noodling around,
- chew cud,
- flashed on,
- kicks around,
- flashing on,
- noodles around,
- noodled around,
- flashes on.
- dis-cusses,
- confiding in,
- confides in,
- dis coursed,
- dis-course,
- dis coursing,
- dis-cussing,
- dis cussing,
- dis-cussed,
- dis cussed,
- dis-coursed,
- dis-cuss,
- confided in,
- dis course,
- dis-coursing,
- dis cuss,
- dis-courses,
- dis courses,
- dis cusses.
- held candle to,
- held a candle to,
- setting side by side,
- holding candle to,
- stacking against,
- holding a candle to,
- in spects,
- places in juxtaposition,
- sizes up,
- stacked up against,
- in spect,
- stacking up against,
- weighing against another,
- placing in juxtaposition,
- stacks up against,
- sets side by side,
- stacks against,
- placed juxtaposition,
- holds a candle to,
- weighed against another,
- hold candle to,
- matches up,
- place juxtaposition,
- matching up,
- sets against,
- placing juxtaposition,
- holds candle to,
- placed in juxtaposition,
- stack against,
- in-spects,
- sized up,
- in-spect,
- places juxtaposition,
- weighs against another,
- stacked against.
- de picture,
- becomes pregnant,
- de-vising,
- de picturing,
- pro-duces,
- de pictures,
- de signs,
- de-sign,
- heading trip,
- pro duces,
- de signing,
- spitballed,
- trumping up,
- de-signing,
- thinking up,
- de-vised,
- spitballing,
- de-picturing,
- de sign,
- thinks up,
- de pictured,
- de vising,
- de-pictured,
- de-picture,
- de-vise,
- de-signs,
- de signed,
- de-pictures,
- heads trip,
- de vised,
- headed trip,
- de vise,
- de-signed,
- trumps up,
- pro duce.
- got the beam,
- racked one brains,
- cracks one's brains,
- gotten beam,
- getting on beam,
- racked ones brains,
- hammered away at,
- cracking ones brains,
- poured on,
- crack brains,
- gotten on the beam,
- pouring on,
- thinking hard,
- crack ones brains,
- considering closely,
- rack one brains,
- cracks brains,
- racked one's brains,
- hammering away at,
- occupies thoughts,
- racks ones brains,
- pours it on,
- got on the beam,
- gat on the beam,
- brooded over,
- cracking one's brains,
- cracks one brains,
- cracked brains,
- cracked one's brains,
- thinks hard,
- directs attention,
- racking one brains,
- pouring it on,
- getting beam,
- being engrossed in,
- poured it on,
- rack ones brains,
- focusing attention,
- crack one brains,
- focusses attention,
- gat beam,
- racking one's brains,
- fixing attention,
- get the beam,
- fixed attention,
- racks one's brains,
- are engrossed in,
- considers closely,
- directing attention,
- bring bear,
- cracked one brains,
- wert engrossed in,
- puts mind to,
- focuses attention,
- was engrossed in,
- considered closely,
- gave attention,
- focussing attention,
- gets on beam,
- directed attention,
- cracked ones brains,
- gets the beam,
- cracks ones brains,
- were engrossed in,
- fixt attention,
- got on beam,
- cracking brains,
- rivetting,
- cracking one brains,
- gives attention,
- wast engrossed in,
- getting the beam,
- gotten on beam,
- is engrossed in,
- get beam,
- thought hard,
- hammers away at,
- occupied thoughts,
- get on beam,
- gets beam,
- rivetted,
- brooding over,
- pours on,
- focussed attention,
- putting mind to,
- broods over,
- fixes attention,
- am engrossed in,
- occupying thoughts,
- racking ones brains,
- gat the beam,
- gotten the beam,
- got beam,
- racks one brains,
- gat on beam,
- getting on the beam,
- gets on the beam.
- flirting with,
- perpending,
- chewed over,
- took under advisement,
- keeping in mind,
- re-gard,
- tosses around,
- tost around,
- kept mind,
- seeing about,
- re-cognizing,
- reckons with,
- re cognize,
- take in to account,
- assenting to,
- tossing around,
- providing for,
- chewing over,
- keeps mind,
- sees about,
- keep mind,
- takes under advisement,
- saw about,
- re cognized,
- re cognizes,
- assented to,
- keeps in mind,
- perpends,
- subscribing to,
- re cognizing,
- flirts with,
- re-cognized,
- flirted with,
- subscribes to,
- kept in mind,
- reckoning with,
- reckoned with,
- taking under advisement,
- provides for,
- allowed for,
- thinks over,
- perpended,
- keeping mind,
- re gards,
- chews over,
- assents to,
- takes into account,
- allows for,
- thinks out.
- aspires to,
- aspired to,
- meditates on,
- cools out,
- pro posed,
- cooling out,
- fore sees,
- in tends,
- mused over,
- pro pose,
- fore seen,
- fore-seeing,
- thinks of,
- in-tended,
- pro-pose,
- meditated on,
- pro posing,
- in tending,
- fore saw,
- pro-posing,
- cooled out,
- fore-seen,
- in tend,
- fore-sees,
- in-tends,
- in-tending,
- fore seeing,
- in tended,
- muses over,
- fore-see,
- meditating on,
- fore-saw,
- in-tend,
- fore see,
- musing over.
- de liberated,
- ran up a flagpole,
- running flagpole,
- de liberates,
- talking over,
- de-liberate,
- puts thinking cap,
- de-liberated,
- de bated,
- ran up flagpole,
- de-liberates,
- de liberate,
- puts on thinking cap,
- talks over,
- putting on thinking cap,
- putting thinking cap,
- put thinking cap,
- de-bate,
- de bating,
- batted it around,
- bats it around,
- running up a flagpole,
- de liberating,
- de-bates,
- de-bating,
- de-bated,
- run flagpole,
- running a flagpole,
- talked over,
- de bates,
- de bate,
- runs up a flagpole,
- de-liberating,
- ran flagpole,
- run a flagpole,
- runs a flagpole,
- runs flagpole,
- batting it around,
- runs up flagpole,
- running up flagpole,
- ran a flagpole.
- re-searched,
- digging in to,
- search in to,
- delves in to,
- scrutinates,
- searching into,
- looked see,
- delved in to,
- in quires,
- pro spect,
- digs into,
- delves into,
- re searches,
- delving into,
- re searched,
- pores over,
- pro bed,
- re-searching,
- in quiring,
- searched into,
- taking stock of,
- digged in to,
- looks over,
- pored over,
- in quired,
- pro-bed,
- delving in to,
- digged into,
- scrutinating,
- re-viewed,
- go in to,
- dug into,
- re-searches,
- looks see,
- re search,
- scrutinated,
- re view,
- in-quire,
- digging into,
- takes stock of,
- digs in to,
- in-quiring,
- delved into,
- dig in to,
- in-quired,
- searches into,
- re viewed,
- dug in to,
- in-quires,
- pro spects,
- patting down,
- re viewing,
- re-view,
- took stock of,
- searching in to,
- re-views,
- re views,
- pats down,
- searches in to,
- searched in to,
- patted down,
- re searching,
- pro-spects,
- looking see,
- in quire,
- delve in to.
- ex-cogitating,
- ex cogitated,
- de rive,
- de rived,
- ex-cogitate,
- de-rived,
- ex cogitates,
- ex cogitating,
- de-rives,
- de rives,
- ex-cogitates,
- ex-cogitated,
- ex cogitate,
- de riving,
- de-rive,
- de-riving.
- shied away,
- holds off,
- art unwilling,
- am irresolute,
- sate fence,
- de-lay,
- being irresolute,
- art reluctant,
- being unwilling,
- sat fence,
- de-lays,
- thinks twice,
- wert reluctant,
- shies away,
- de-laying,
- wert unwilling,
- wast unwilling,
- am reluctant,
- wast reluctant,
- is irresolute,
- de lay,
- de lays,
- is unwilling,
- is reluctant,
- shying away,
- sat on fence,
- sit fence,
- sate on fence,
- wert irresolute,
- thought twice,
- de laying,
- sits on fence,
- sitting fence,
- sitting on fence,
- sits fence,
- are irresolute,
- was reluctant,
- blow hot cold,
- hem haw,
- are unwilling,
- are reluctant,
- am unwilling,
- were irresolute,
- was unwilling,
- was irresolute,
- art irresolute,
- were unwilling,
- being reluctant,
- wast irresolute,
- were reluctant.
- having mind,
- has mind,
- thought deeply,
- saying oneself,
- say oneself,
- entertains idea,
- saying to oneself,
- entertained idea,
- says oneself,
- hadst mind,
- puzzles over,
- hast mind,
- hast in mind,
- puzzled over,
- entertaining idea,
- hadst in mind,
- had in mind,
- haddest in mind,
- said oneself,
- have mind,
- puzzling over,
- said to oneself,
- says to oneself,
- having in mind,
- hath mind,
- hath in mind,
- thinks deeply,
- had mind,
- haddest mind.
- build castles air,
- am lost in thought,
- builded castles in air,
- builds castles in air,
- being lost in thought,
- being lost thought,
- were lost thought,
- builded castles air,
- art lost in thought,
- built castles in air,
- were lost in thought,
- is lost in thought,
- was lost in thought,
- built castles air,
- is lost thought,
- art lost thought,
- was lost thought,
- building castles air,
- wast lost in thought,
- wert lost in thought,
- be lost thought,
- am lost thought,
- builds castles air,
- wast lost thought,
- wert lost thought,
- building castles in air.
- make up ones mind,
- hath view,
- makes up ones mind,
- hadst mind to,
- makes mind,
- has view,
- has a mind to,
- re-solving,
- hath mind to,
- make mind,
- makes up mind,
- made one's mind,
- has in view,
- made up mind,
- hast in view,
- making one mind,
- had a mind to,
- makes up one mind,
- make one's mind,
- thought to,
- makes one's mind,
- wrought for,
- made mind,
- making up one mind,
- works for,
- hadst a mind to,
- had in view,
- making up mind,
- haddest mind to,
- makes up one's mind,
- haddest a mind to,
- having a mind to,
- making ones mind,
- made ones mind,
- has mind to,
- re solve,
- re-solve,
- works toward,
- makes ones mind,
- making mind,
- hath a mind to,
- make ones mind,
- thinks to,
- re-solved,
- hadst view,
- make up one mind,
- hath in view,
- working for,
- worked toward,
- haddest in view,
- having view,
- made up one mind,
- makes one mind,
- haddest view,
- re-solves,
- hadst in view,
- made up one's mind,
- bids for,
- have view,
- re solves,
- made up ones mind,
- having in view,
- made one mind,
- hast a mind to,
- wrought toward,
- making one's mind,
- bidding for,
- bade for,
- make one mind,
- had view,
- making up ones mind,
- having mind to,
- worked for,
- have mind to,
- hast mind to,
- thinking to,
- had mind to,
- hast view.
- put ones thinking cap,
- puts one's thinking cap,
- puts on ones thinking cap,
- put on ones thinking cap,
- puts one thinking cap,
- putting on one's thinking cap,
- putting ones thinking cap,
- putting one thinking cap,
- puts on one's thinking cap,
- put one's thinking cap,
- put on one thinking cap,
- putting on one thinking cap,
- putting one's thinking cap,
- puts on one thinking cap,
- putting on ones thinking cap,
- put one thinking cap,
- puts ones thinking cap.
- turns over mind,
- turn over mind,
- turned over in mind,
- turns over in mind,
- turning over mind,
- turning over in mind,
- turned over mind.
- use ones head,
- using one head,
- used one head,
- stewing about,
- used one's head,
- using one's head,
- uses ones head,
- using ones head,
- used head,
- use one head,
- stewed about,
- uses head,
- uses one's head,
- using head,
- uses one head,
- stews about,
- used ones head.
- under-stood,
- un earth,
- gat the hang of,
- gotten the drift,
- under-went,
- catches on,
- dis cover,
- re-marking,
- under-stands,
- gat the drift,
- un derwent,
- get drift,
- got the hang of,
- under-standing,
- getting hang of,
- be-hold,
- dis-covers,
- dis covering,
- dis-cover,
- got the drift,
- be holding,
- un earths,
- be-held,
- un earthed,
- gat drift,
- under stands,
- under going,
- dis covered,
- be holds,
- re marked,
- un-earths,
- re mark,
- got hang of,
- get hang of,
- under stand,
- gets the hang of,
- re marks,
- gotten the hang of,
- getting drift,
- under gone,
- be-holding,
- under-gone,
- re marking,
- gotten hang of,
- catching on,
- getting the hang of,
- dis cern,
- un-derwent,
- got drift,
- gets the drift,
- dis-covering,
- dis-cern,
- un-earthed,
- un-earthing,
- under-going,
- gets drift,
- re-marks,
- under went,
- under standing,
- un earthing,
- getting the drift,
- dis-covered,
- gotten drift,
- re-marked,
- dis covers,
- un-earth,
- be-holds,
- gat hang of,
- under stood,
- gets hang of.
- reads up,
- applying oneself,
- polishing up,
- diving into,
- applied oneself,
- dives into,
- dive in to,
- co-ached,
- polished up,
- crack books,
- co ached,
- applies oneself,
- reading up,
- learn ropes,
- cracking the books,
- burying in,
- burying oneself in,
- cracks books,
- co aching,
- buries in,
- re-freshes,
- cracked the books,
- buries oneself in,
- dove into,
- dived in to,
- cracking books,
- cracked books,
- dove in to,
- cracks the books,
- dives in to,
- re freshes,
- hitting the books,
- polishes up,
- hit books,
- co-aching,
- dived into,
- bury in,
- buried oneself in,
- re-fresh,
- diving in to.
Other synonyms:
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- reconsider,
- sleep on,
- grapple with,
- sleep on it,
- rethink,
- think through,
- chew on,
- grope,
- size up,
- Intellectualize,
- step back.
-
•
- rationalize,
- play around,
- wonder.
-
•
- give.
- sizing up,
- hold a candle to,
- juxtaposed,
- scanning,
- place in juxtaposition,
- parallels,
- match up,
- matched up,
- set against,
- Bracketed,
- weigh against another,
- setting against,
- stack up against,
- Bracketing,
- Scanned,
- set side by side.
- winnowing,
- pore over,
- explore,
- explores,
- scoping,
- vetting,
- parses,
- parse,
- Gunning,
- gunned,
- gun,
- pat down,
- search into,
- take stock of,
- Guns,
- look see,
- scoped,
- Parsing,
- dig into,
- poring over,
- vetted,
- delve into,
- looked over,
- Parsed,
- looking over,
- Re-search,
- Explored,
- VETS,
- vet,
- look over,
- scrutinate,
- winnow.
- sit on fence,
- be unwilling,
- scruple,
- Floundered,
- be irresolute,
- pulling back,
- stutter,
- dithered,
- Stammered,
- thinking twice,
- shy away,
- be reluctant,
- Hesitated,
- pulled back,
- pull back,
- pulls back,
- dithering,
- pussyfoot,
- hold off,
- think twice.
- spitball,
- entertain idea,
- Cudgelled,
- turn over in mind,
- flash on,
- revolved,
- put on one's thinking cap,
- pore,
- mull over,
- burn midnight oil,
- Depictured,
- dwell upon,
- entertain,
- hammer away at,
- keep in mind,
- giving attention,
- see about,
- looking at,
- meditate,
- be engrossed in,
- direct attention,
- have in mind,
- thinking deeply,
- think about,
- spitballs,
- cool out,
- sweat over,
- spark,
- sigh,
- ruminate,
- excogitate,
- Depicture,
- repine,
- making up one's mind,
- noodle around,
- toss around,
- Depicturing,
- contemplate,
- crack one's brains,
- Parleyed,
- focus attention,
- look at,
- allow for,
- thought out,
- reflect,
- mulls over,
- lament,
- allowing for,
- learn the ropes,
- thinking over,
- puzzle,
- tossed around,
- mulling over,
- think out,
- Meditated,
- put heads together,
- digest,
- revolve,
- dreams of,
- concentrate,
- dwelling upon,
- bid for,
- thought of,
- hesitate,
- dreamed of,
- think of,
- envisions,
- grieve,
- has in mind,
- rack brains,
- give attention,
- fix attention,
- chew over,
- puzzling,
- becoming pregnant,
- dreamt of,
- work for,
- thought about,
- think upon,
- flirt with,
- brood,
- provided for,
- brood over,
- have in view,
- formulated,
- subscribed to,
- become pregnant,
- cogitate on,
- thinking of,
- thinking about,
- provide for,
- ask oneself,
- brainstorm,
- build castles in air,
- apply oneself,
- lucubrate,
- commune,
- hash over,
- take under advisement,
- consider,
- Imaged,
- work toward,
- rivets,
- Gloomed,
- puzzle over,
- thought over,
- deal with,
- make up one's mind,
- eat heart out,
- share ideas,
- dive into,
- study,
- working toward,
- chew,
- think deeply,
- sweating out,
- think hard,
- became pregnant,
- muse over,
- kicking around,
- put mind to,
- see,
- pour on,
- Parleying,
- aspiring to,
- dreaming of,
- Cudgeled,
- consider closely,
- dream of,
- subscribe to,
- trump up,
- have a mind to,
- glooming,
- get on the beam,
- stew over,
- think,
- eat one's heart out,
- Marveled,
- weigh,
- make up mind,
- be in brown study,
- purpose,
- kick around,
- rack one's brains,
- looks at,
- assent to,
- looked at,
- buried in,
- occupy thoughts,
- kicked around,
- deliberate,
- aspire to,
- sweat out,
- Cudgeling,
- thinking out,
- say to oneself,
- compare,
- crack the books,
- polish up,
- Perpend,
- confide in,
- fixate,
- think up,
- bad for,
- mull,
- thinks about,
- chafe inwardly,
- reflects,
- thought up,
- rivet,
- depictures,
- think to,
- reckon with,
- Cudgelling,
- imaging,
- pour it on,
- muse,
- cogitate,
- Riveted,
- examine,
- think over,
- be lost in thought,
- read up,
- bury oneself in,
- meditate on.
- thought,
- figure out,
- figured out,
- sorting out,
- ideate,
- sorted out,
- sort out,
- intellectualizing,
- logicalize,
- intellectualized.
- Strain at,
- opine,
- job,
- contrive,
- solicitous,
- Meditating,
- appreciate,
- think twice about,
- realize,
- recollect,
- examination,
- be absorbed,
- give thought to,
- estimate,
- take under consideration,
- design,
- devise,
- magnanimous,
- believe,
- discreet,
- Considerer,
- theorize,
- bat around,
- sketch,
- pensively,
- concoct,
- jib,
- abstracted,
- mindful,
- balance,
- picture,
- guess,
- mind,
- puddler,
- pondering,
- strain,
- hatch,
- roll,
- melancholy,
- hang back,
- liner,
- look upon,
- circumspect,
- fancy,
- survey,
- bethink,
- con over,
- figure,
- reflection,
- turn,
- hypothesise,
- pensive,
- conjecture,
- moon,
- judge,
- be curious,
- question,
- investigation,
- Consideringly,
- reflect over,
- pipe dream,
- Laker,
- wistful,
- anxious,
- withdraw,
- attend,
- visualize,
- discuss,
- stop to consider,
- Trow,
- courteous,
- probe,
- hover,
- be abstracted,
- inquire,
- call up,
- introspect,
- careful,
- understand,
- animadvert,
- remembrance,
- esteem,
- fear,
- retrieve,
- hypothesize,
- intend,
- stick at,
- forge,
- play with,
- grasp,
- reckon,
- stickle,
- dream,
- straddle the fence,
- regard,
- falter,
- assimilate,
- learning,
- envisage,
- be inquisitive,
- consideration,
- thoughtful,
- studious,
- query,
- think it over,
- brood on,
- con,
- move along,
- propose,
- comprehend,
- analysis,
- chaw,
- practice,
- toy with,
- heedful,
- chew the cud,
- remind,
- tanker,
- sensible,
- speculate on,
- play around with,
- postulate,
- ponder over,
- confer,
- regain,
- suppose,
- musingly,
- yield,
- back down,
- deliberation,
- hypothecate,
- take into consideration,
- theorise,
- meditation,
- syndicator,
- dwell,
- dwelling,
- reflective,
- hem and haw,
- pine for,
- meditative,
- create,
- retreat,
- Weller,
- ratiocinate,
- dreamy,
- hum and haw,
- reflect on,
- dream up,
- shy,
- serious,
- conceptualize,
- take into account,
- pooler,
- reflect about,
- pause,
- contemplation,
- research,
- demur,
- contemplative,
- Shilly-shally,
- mean,
- speculation,
- cook up,
- considerate,
- attentive,
- exercise,
- review,
- seeingly,
- reverberate.
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consider, contemplate.
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considered, Considering, reviewing, reflect, rethink, reconsider, consider, wonder, weigh, examine, explore, think, contemplate, assess, brainstorm, evaluate.
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discuss.
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