Synonyms for Ponder:

• n.

  •
  • plan,
  • assess,
  • take something into consideration,
  • take a long hard look at someone/something.
  •
  • thoughts,
  • turn over.
  •excogotate (noun)
  • excogotate.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • process.
  •ponder (noun)
  • speculate.

• 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.
  •brood (verb)
  • 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.
  •chew (verb)
  • reflects upon,
  • mused on,
  • reflect up on,
  • reflected up on,
  • musing on,
  • reflecting upon,
  • reflecting up on,
  • muses on,
  • reflects up on.
  •cogitate (verb)
  • noodling around,
  • chew cud,
  • flashed on,
  • kicks around,
  • flashing on,
  • noodles around,
  • noodled around,
  • flashes on.
  •commune (verb)
  • 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.
  •compare (verb)
  • 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.
  •conceive (verb)
  • 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.
  •concentrate (verb)
  • 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.
  •consider (verb)
  • 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.
  •contemplate (verb)
  • 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.
  •deliberate (verb)
  • 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.
  •entertain (verb)
  • cogitates on,
  • cogitated on,
  • cogitating on.
  •examine (verb)
  • 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.
  •excogitate (verb)
  • 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.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • 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.
  •meditate (verb)
  • 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.
  •mull (verb)
  • woolgathered,
  • woolgathers.
  •muse (verb)
  • 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.
  •purpose (verb)
  • 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 in a specific context (verb)
  • contextualize.
  •puzzle (verb)
  • asking oneself,
  • asked oneself,
  • asks oneself.
  •ratiocinate (verb)
  • 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.
  •revolve (verb)
  • turns over mind,
  • turn over mind,
  • turned over in mind,
  • turns over in mind,
  • turning over mind,
  • turning over in mind,
  • turned over mind.
  •ruminate (verb)
  • 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.
  •see (verb)
  • 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.
  •study (verb)
  • 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.
  •think (verb)
  • reason,
  • analyze,
  • cerebrate,
  • debate,
  • calculate,
  • evaluate,
  • envision,
  • appraise,
  • imagine.
  •think about seriously (verb)
  • daydream.
  •turn over (verb)
  • wonders about,
  • gave thought to,
  • gives thought to,
  • reflects on,
  • reflecting on,
  • wondering about,
  • wondered about,
  • giving thought to.
  •weigh (verb)
  • re hash,
  • hashed over,
  • re hashing,
  • re-hashing,
  • hashes over,
  • re-hashes,
  • hashing over,
  • re hashed,
  • re-hash,
  • re hashes.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • reconsider,
  • sleep on,
  • grapple with,
  • sleep on it,
  • rethink,
  • think through,
  • chew on,
  • grope,
  • size up,
  • Intellectualize,
  • step back.
  •
  • rationalize,
  • play around,
  • wonder.
  •
  • wrap up,
  • run over.
  •
  • give.
  •chew
  • reflect upon,
  • muse on,
  • reflected upon.
  •compare
  • 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.
  •create
  • conceive.
  •deliberate
  • run up a flagpole,
  • put on thinking cap,
  • bat it around,
  • run up flagpole,
  • talk over,
  • knock around.
  •examine
  • 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.
  •hesitate
  • 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.
  •linger over
  • dwell on.
  •mull
  • woolgathering,
  • woolgather.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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.
  •ruminate
  • use head,
  • stew about,
  • use one's head.
  •see
  • get the hang of,
  • catch on,
  • Experiencing,
  • be hold,
  • be held,
  • get the drift,
  • caught on,
  • Re-mark.
  •think
  • thought,
  • figure out,
  • figured out,
  • sorting out,
  • ideate,
  • sorted out,
  • sort out,
  • intellectualizing,
  • logicalize,
  • intellectualized.
  •turn over
  • wonder about,
  • reflected on.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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.

Paraphrases for Ponder:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    consider, contemplate.
  • Verb, base form
    considered, Considering, reviewing, reflect, rethink, reconsider, consider, wonder, weigh, examine, explore, think, contemplate, assess, brainstorm, evaluate.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    discuss.

Antonyms for Ponder:

• v.

  • think about seriously
    go along, agree, forget, neglect, discard.
  • Other antonyms:
    slight, dismiss, disregard, reject, pooh-pooh, overlook, ignore.