Definition for Reflect:

• r[= e]- flekt', v.t. to bend back: to throw back after striking upon any surface, as light, & c.-- v.i. to be thrown back, as light, heat, & c.: to revolve in the mind: to consider attentively or deeply: to ponder: to cast reproach or censure ( with on, upon).-- p.adj. REFLECT'ED, cast or thrown back: turned upward: reflexed.-- adjs. REFLECT'IBLE, capable of being reflected; REFLECT'ING, throwing back light, heat, & c.: given to reflection: thoughtful.-- adv. REFLECT'INGLY, with reflection: with censure.-- REFLECTING TELESCOPE, a form of telescope in which the image of the object to be viewed is produced by a concave reflector instead of a lens, as in the refracting telescope. [ Fr.,-- L. reflect[) e]re, reflexum-- re-, again, flect[) e]re, to bend.]

Synonyms for Reflect:

• n.

  •
  • assess.
  •
  • filter,
  • take after,
  • bend,
  • flood,
  • focus,
  • fade,
  • reply,
  • return,
  • match,
  • bathe.
  •
  • exemplify,
  • set forth,
  • delineate,
  • give back,
  • glare,
  • describe,
  • paint,
  • profile,
  • illustrate,
  • define.
  •
  • reveal,
  • show,
  • exhibit,
  • indicate,
  • display.
  •
  • disgrace,
  • dishonor,
  • depreciate.
  •
  • image.
  •
  • same.
  •
  • chew on,
  • think through,
  • turn over.
  •reflect (noun)
  • contemplate.

• v.

  •demonstrate, indicate (verb)
  • bespeak,
  • bear out,
  • communicate,
  • manifest,
  • evince,
  • express.
  •give back (verb)
  • emulate,
  • throw back,
  • repercuss,
  • reverse,
  • shine,
  • rebound,
  • repeat,
  • resound,
  • reverberate,
  • revert,
  • resonate,
  • cast,
  • give forth.
  •imagine (verb)
  • design,
  • suppose,
  • ideate,
  • create,
  • brainstorm,
  • conceive,
  • observe,
  • plan,
  • invent,
  • theorize,
  • fantasize,
  • perceive.
  •imitate (verb)
  • flatter,
  • feign,
  • resemble,
  • ape,
  • duplicate,
  • impersonate,
  • mimic,
  • mime,
  • parody,
  • parallel,
  • simulate,
  • mock,
  • ditto,
  • pretend,
  • portray,
  • counterfeit.
  •remember (verb)
  • remember,
  • reminisce,
  • recollect,
  • relive,
  • recall.
  •think (verb)
  • cerebrate,
  • weigh,
  • appraise,
  • concentrate,
  • debate,
  • calculate,
  • evaluate,
  • imagine,
  • envision,
  • analyze.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • refract,
  • waver,
  • pierce,
  • ratiocinate,
  • diffusion.
  •
  • reflective.
  •
  • spill.
  •
  • entertain,
  • travel.
  •
  • play.
  •
  • catch.
  •duplicate
  • copy.
  •follow
  • adhere to,
  • be guided by,
  • obey.
  •imitate
  • personate,
  • act like.
  •mull
  • muse on.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fall,
  • regard,
  • deferment,
  • cleave to,
  • bring to mind,
  • fake,
  • derogate from,
  • careful,
  • use one's head,
  • attract,
  • flicker,
  • response,
  • declare,
  • curl,
  • allow,
  • record,
  • excogotate,
  • embody,
  • mind,
  • doubt,
  • exclaim,
  • interruption,
  • province,
  • stew,
  • blink,
  • bring,
  • evoke,
  • report,
  • scintillate,
  • glimmer,
  • hesitate,
  • coruscate,
  • egregious,
  • review,
  • conspicuous,
  • prudent,
  • district,
  • cease,
  • foreshadow,
  • reflection,
  • crib,
  • gleam,
  • call attention to,
  • recapture,
  • domicile,
  • country,
  • represent,
  • discuss,
  • shine on,
  • affect,
  • glance at,
  • misgiving,
  • detention,
  • beam,
  • play around with,
  • wonder,
  • abode,
  • nonreflecting,
  • swag,
  • frugal,
  • reflected,
  • look back,
  • Trow,
  • retrospect,
  • introspect,
  • drive back,
  • ring,
  • theorise,
  • hesitation,
  • bring back,
  • sparkle,
  • end in,
  • put to shame,
  • heed,
  • resile,
  • Pretypify,
  • chew,
  • send back,
  • divulge,
  • distrust,
  • support,
  • sweep,
  • Into,
  • glaring,
  • excogitate,
  • accept,
  • blazing,
  • flex,
  • wink,
  • digest,
  • lead to,
  • hypothesise,
  • conjure up,
  • consult,
  • curve,
  • job,
  • delay,
  • hark back,
  • conform to,
  • arrest,
  • carom,
  • ponder over,
  • dazzling,
  • economic,
  • glow,
  • characterize,
  • sunshine,
  • revive,
  • economical,
  • state,
  • reflect on,
  • picture,
  • chorus,
  • smooth,
  • formulate,
  • run over,
  • moderate,
  • plagiarise,
  • loop,
  • interval,
  • hypothecate,
  • project,
  • skimpy,
  • turn down,
  • recurve,
  • reckon,
  • blurt out,
  • guess,
  • hook,
  • Embow,
  • refer to,
  • con over,
  • arch,
  • transcribe,
  • Provinciality,
  • radiate,
  • adumbrate,
  • prefigure,
  • unassuming,
  • twinkle,
  • smoothen,
  • provident,
  • toy with,
  • spring,
  • consideration,
  • play with,
  • betray,
  • slender,
  • dome,
  • believe in,
  • to,
  • vault,
  • reaction,
  • cogitate on,
  • thrifty,
  • examine,
  • shadow,
  • bring to light,
  • attend,
  • dream,
  • appreciate,
  • go along with,
  • assume,
  • contrive,
  • dwelling,
  • refer,
  • deflect,
  • disapprove,
  • personify,
  • glass,
  • cogitable,
  • take into consideration,
  • bound,
  • luminesce,
  • blinding,
  • find fault with,
  • reiterate,
  • examination,
  • abstemious,
  • recapitulate,
  • depict,
  • recite,
  • call to mind,
  • say,
  • postulate,
  • body forth,
  • shadow forth,
  • parsimonious,
  • hoke,
  • realise,
  • outline,
  • insinuate,
  • forge,
  • retrace,
  • cheap,
  • crook,
  • thoughtfulness,
  • shame,
  • incurvate,
  • Incurve,
  • polish,
  • chew the cud,
  • reflex,
  • comply with,
  • throw,
  • speak,
  • call up,
  • according to,
  • draw,
  • expose,
  • reflecting,
  • adopt,
  • inflect,
  • go back over,
  • hunch,
  • demonstrate,
  • lay bare,
  • take under consideration,
  • result in,
  • suggest,
  • austere,
  • summon up,
  • muse over,
  • take a picture,
  • let fall,
  • hypothesize,
  • bring up,
  • shimmer,
  • thinking,
  • figure,
  • be sick,
  • in accordance with,
  • strike,
  • evidence,
  • turn,
  • take care of,
  • disclose,
  • hoke up,
  • put forth,
  • reflexion,
  • blurt,
  • redound,
  • dazzle,
  • burning,
  • assert,
  • inexpensive,
  • borrow,
  • descend,
  • suspense,
  • mirrored,
  • go back,
  • incarnate,
  • bow,
  • devise,
  • wind,
  • recoil,
  • note,
  • con,
  • conjecture,
  • allude to,
  • ricochet,
  • uncover,
  • doubtfulness,
  • cessation,
  • ennoble,
  • sketch,
  • sag,
  • editorialize,
  • round,
  • judge,
  • bounce,
  • confer,
  • realize,
  • emit light,
  • believe,
  • fancy,
  • hump,
  • suspension,
  • retroflex.

Paraphrases for Reflect:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    reflects, reflecting.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    reverses, represent.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    clarified, illustrate, indicate, embody, correspond, corresponding, reveal, translate, conform, testify, depict, express, show, describe, exemplify, result, match, constitute, cover, acknowledge, suggest, affect, fit, react, manifest, meet, contain, follow, respond, denote, explain, realize, comprise, identify, collect, function, represent, display.
  • Verb, base form
    rent, lay, Considering, illustrate, indicate, embody, correspond, Addressing, reveal, includes, capture, ponder, translate, conform, testify, depict, express, show, shows, convey, highlight, portray, describe, exemplify, heed, reconsider, respect, result, encompass, emphasize, explore, examine, satisfy, meditate, match, constitute, reverse, cover, acknowledge, factor, suggest, affect, fit, embrace, adapted, Adapting, articulate, disclose, react, manifest, meet, underline, signify, deliberate, contain, illuminate, comply, follow, clarify, respond, denote, explain, recalled, record, interrogate, realize, comprise, replicate, coincide, outline, identify, collect, light, function, ignore, reciprocate, represent, display, discuss, incompatible.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    reflection, reflections.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reflection.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    echo, relate, correlate, refer.
  • Verb, base form
    incorporate, Incorporating, echo, relate, related, correlate, refer.

Antonyms for Reflect:

• v.

  • demonstrate, indicate
    withhold, conceal, hide, cover.
  • give back
    take, be original, ignore, request, disregard.
  • think about
    neglect, discard, forget, dismiss.

Homophones for Reflect:

• reflected, ray of light, reflexed, rifle shot, replicate, revivalist.

Hypernym for Reflect:

• v.

  • communication
    mirror.
  • perception
    mirror, reverberate.

Hyponym for Reflect:

• v.

  • communication
    evidence, manifest, certify, demonstrate, attest.
  • perception
    show, designate, point, indicate.