278 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pˈɒndəɹɪŋ], [ pˈɒndəɹɪŋ], [ p_ˈɒ_n_d_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]

Semantically related words: wondering, ponder, mental contemplation

Related questions:

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Similar words for pondering:

• contemplative (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• pensive (adjective)
• reflective (adjective)
• ruminative (adjective)
• thoughtful (adjective)
• abstraction (noun)
• broody (noun)
• contemplation (noun)
• deduction (noun)
• meditation (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• reflection (noun)
• study (noun)
• thought (noun)
• ponder (verb)
• thinking (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "pondering" in context?

Paraphrases for pondering

Antonyms for pondering

Hypernyms for pondering

Synonyms for Pondering:

• adj.

  • contemplative (adjective)
  • ruminative,
  • rapt,
  • meditative,
  • intent,
  • speculative,
  • cogitative,
  • lost,
  • attentive.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • philosophic,
  • pensive,
  • introspective,
  • in brown study,
  • lost in thought,
  • wondering,
  • thoughtful,
  • contemplative,
  • reflective,
  • Museful.
  • pensive (adjective)
  • dreamy,
  • abstracted,
  • withdrawn,
  • grave.
  • reflective (adjective)
  • Cogitating,
  • studious.
  • ruminative (adjective)
  • in a brown study.
  • thoughtful (adjective)
  • lost thought,
  • de liberative,
  • more museful,
  • de-liberative,
  • most museful.

• n.

  • abstraction (noun)
  • engrossment,
  • brooding,
  • preoccupation,
  • daydreaming,
  • reflecting,
  • Ruminating,
  • remoteness,
  • absorption,
  • cogitation,
  • aloofness,
  • detachment,
  • reverie,
  • trance.
  • broody (noun)
  • broody.
  • contemplation (noun)
  • design,
  • rumination,
  • deliberation,
  • plan,
  • purpose,
  • ambition,
  • intention.
  • deduction (noun)
  • judgment,
  • consequence,
  • reasoning,
  • ratiocination,
  • answer,
  • speculation,
  • assumption,
  • derivation,
  • Mulling,
  • corollary,
  • opinion,
  • Inferring,
  • concluding,
  • thought,
  • result.
  • meditation (noun)
  • deep thought,
  • concentration.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • musing,
  • illations,
  • finding,
  • consideration,
  • Re-search,
  • schoolwork,
  • introspection,
  • abstraction,
  • memory,
  • contemplation,
  • pondering,
  • entrancement,
  • reflection,
  • deduction,
  • broodings,
  • pensiveness,
  • study,
  • inference,
  • self-examination,
  • ponderings,
  • thinking,
  • academic work,
  • illation,
  • meditation,
  • sequitur,
  • quiet time.
  • reflection (noun)
  • imagination,
  • observation,
  • impression,
  • view,
  • idea,
  • cerebration.
  • study (noun)
  • lesson,
  • inquiry,
  • reading,
  • examination,
  • investigation,
  • scrutiny,
  • exercise,
  • inspection,
  • attention,
  • questioning,
  • comparison,
  • Analyzing,
  • course,
  • class,
  • Cramming,
  • survey,
  • subject,
  • review,
  • Memorizing,
  • research,
  • weighing.
  • thought (noun)
  • evaluation,
  • calculation,
  • appraisal,
  • envisioning,
  • brain work,
  • wistfulness,
  • lucubration,
  • analysis,
  • intellection,
  • Debating.

• v.

  • ponder (verb)
  • appraise,
  • revolve,
  • mull,
  • roll,
  • examine,
  • speculate,
  • cerebrate,
  • give thought to,
  • reason,
  • put on thinking cap,
  • muse,
  • Perpend,
  • puzzle over,
  • pipe dream,
  • mull over,
  • woolgather,
  • ruminate,
  • daydream,
  • deliberate,
  • dwell,
  • excogitate,
  • think out,
  • evaluate,
  • figure,
  • noodle around,
  • turn over,
  • mind,
  • build castles in air.
  • thinking (verb)
  • Meditating,
  • Speculating,
  • Considering,
  • studying,
  • Imagining,
  • appraising,
  • Deliberating,
  • Concentrating,
  • cerebrating,
  • Contemplating,
  • calculating,
  • evaluating.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • meditate,
  • hatching,
  • puzzling,
  • judging,
  • conjecture,
  • balancing,
  • recalling,
  • propose,
  • ponder,
  • account,
  • entertaining,
  • expect,
  • chewing,
  • deduce,
  • look upon,
  • Envisaging,
  • revolving,
  • close study,
  • intend,
  • brood,
  • deem,
  • Conjecturing,
  • concentrate,
  • forethought,
  • guessing,
  • reflexion,
  • conceive,
  • mental,
  • contemplate,
  • Recollecting,
  • allow,
  • wistful,
  • absorbed,
  • reverberating,
  • believing,
  • conceptual,
  • Intending,
  • weighting,
  • Consideringly,
  • cogitate,
  • mental activity,
  • deliberations,
  • Digesting,
  • concern,
  • reminding,
  • cognitive,
  • discussions,
  • devise,
  • pensively,
  • reckoning,
  • preoccupied,
  • introspecting,
  • Jobbing,
  • deliberative,
  • chew over,
  • Esteeming,
  • seeingly,
  • Examining,
  • reckon,
  • weigh,
  • reflect,
  • think,
  • Hypothecating,
  • hypothesizing,
  • envisage,
  • noetic,
  • musingly,
  • imagine,
  • Communing,
  • viewing,
  • call up,
  • head work,
  • investigating,
  • brown study,
  • counsel,
  • calculate,
  • Poring,
  • Retrieving,
  • consider,
  • fancy,
  • sober,
  • recollect,
  • take into account,
  • think about,
  • care,
  • ruminant,
  • Theorizing,
  • Conceiving,
  • Negotiations,
  • compass,
  • Presuming,
  • application,
  • brainwork,
  • believe,
  • respect,
  • mentation,
  • opine,
  • engrossed,
  • accounting,
  • debate,
  • serious,
  • planning,
  • conception,
  • remembering,
  • think over,
  • theorising,
  • Opining.

How to use "Pondering" in context?

Paraphrases for Pondering:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    brainstorming, reflecting, thinking, weighing, wondering, Deeming, Deliberating, Perceiving, Considering, Contemplating, rethinking.