Definition for Reflecting:

• Throwing back light, heat, & c., as a mirror or other surface; given to attentive thought; thoughtful.

Synonyms for Reflecting:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • reflecting.
  •contemplative (adjective)
  • most pondering,
  • more reflecting,
  • most reflecting,
  • more pondering,
  • in tent.
  •deep in thought (adjective)
  • contemplative.
  •glossy (adjective)
  • most burnished,
  • most chatoyant,
  • more burnished,
  • more chatoyant.
  •imitative (adjective)
  • mimetic,
  • simulant,
  • imitative,
  • parrot.
  •pensive (adjective)
  • with drawn,
  • pre occupied,
  • most ruminating,
  • pre-occupied,
  • with-drawn,
  • more ruminating.
  •ruminative (adjective)
  • ruminative,
  • in a brown study.
  •thoughtful (adjective)
  • most museful,
  • lost thought,
  • more museful,
  • de-liberative,
  • more reasoning,
  • de liberative,
  • most reasoning.

• n.

  •abstraction (noun)
  • pre-occupations,
  • ruminatings,
  • pre occupation,
  • reflectings,
  • re flection,
  • pre occupations,
  • pensivenesses,
  • entrancements,
  • pre-occupation,
  • re-flections,
  • re-flection,
  • re flections.
  •reflecting (noun)
  • reflective.

• v.

  •imagining (verb)
  • Inventing,
  • Supposing,
  • designing,
  • Creating,
  • Opining,
  • observing,
  • brainstorming,
  • fantasizing,
  • planning,
  • Conceiving,
  • Theorizing,
  • Perceiving.
  •imitating (verb)
  • Mirroring,
  • parroting,
  • pretending,
  • portraying,
  • Counterfeiting,
  • mocking,
  • Mimicking,
  • Imitating,
  • repeating,
  • Parodying,
  • Aping,
  • echoing,
  • feigning,
  • Simulating,
  • Resembling,
  • Duplicating,
  • Paralleling,
  • flattering,
  • copying,
  • Impersonating,
  • miming,
  • Emulating,
  • replicating.
  •remembering (verb)
  • recalling,
  • Recollecting,
  • reminiscing,
  • remembering,
  • reliving.
  •thinking (verb)
  • envisioning,
  • calculating,
  • evaluating,
  • Concentrating,
  • reasoning,
  • Meditating,
  • Imagining,
  • Cogitating,
  • appraising,
  • Deliberating,
  • daydreaming,
  • Considering,
  • studying,
  • Speculating,
  • Analyzing,
  • Debating,
  • musing,
  • Contemplating,
  • brooding,
  • cerebrating,
  • thinking,
  • weighing.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • glossy,
  • introspective,
  • lustrous,
  • in brown study,
  • chatoyant,
  • gleaming,
  • glistening,
  • pensive,
  • philosophic,
  • thoughtful,
  • Museful,
  • lost in thought.
  •n.
  • abstraction,
  • entrancement,
  • pensiveness,
  • pondering,
  • broodings,
  • ponderings.

Paraphrases for Reflecting:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    reflect.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    representing, Illustrating, recapitulating, depicting, affecting, Indicating, Respecting, recalling, correspond, corresponding, demonstrating, revealing, replicating, resulting, conforming, Articulating, Describing, integrating, Reiterating, Recognizing, Translating, Responding, recognising, encompassing, Suggesting, collecting, reporting, emphasizing, Considering, considers, Testifying, illuminating, Certifying, Comprising, covering, Citing, Addressing, contributing, underscoring, Acknowledging, emphasising, Explaining, Registering, recovering, clarifying, identifying, Constituting, telling, regarding, Including, Recommending, Containing, repeating, Exploring, reproducing, confirming, conveying, Realizing, Mainstreaming, complying, stressing, Involving, incriminating, Pertaining, highlighting, Treating, summarizing, recording, Capturing, projecting, following, Expressing, Introducing, embracing, portraying, allocating, rethinking, Signifying, satisfying, underlining, Entailing, re-thinking, ec, Elaborating, bearing, principally, combining, Enacting, recounting, Replying, Reeling, measuring, balancing, Reversing, deriving, communicating, Implying, Evoking, where, Creating, Formulating, Chronicling, determining, Outlining, disclosing, Accruing, Requiring, Embodying, Noting, Relaying, summarising, Transforming, Declaring, detailing, Consisting, Attesting, underlying, informing, Adhering, incurring, renewing, Mentioning, Specifying, featuring, offering, concerning, inspiring, Presenting, investigating, observing, Fulfilling, showcasing, review, reviewing, appearing, synthesizing, gathering, verifying, core, fitting, Proving, filing, Appreciating, Manifesting, Adjusting, Denoting, Examining, compiling, targeting, enabling, Proposing, honouring, Photographing, Prescribing, Occurring, Mimicking, Analyzing, Displaying, Stipulating, Into, i.e., Everything, Affirming, emerging, Dedicating, Reaping, facing, Exhibiting, Duplicating, focusing, focussing, showing, namely, belonging, Exposing, assuming, Carrying, Emanating, Blaming, serving, Enshrining, documenting, Valuing, Storing, Permitting, Designating, defining, upholding, being, return, returning, regaining, Attaching, befitting, Resuming, Devoting, account, accounting, advertising, Arising, owing, analysing, Stemming, Achieving, arguing, touching, hence, printing, Signalling, dealing, transmitting, pondering, Liaising, Charging, Commenting, evidence, Evidencing, Alleging, thanks, matching, accusing, wearing, according, Discussing, issuing, Extending, crossing, answering, Underpinning, Adding, pointing, Establishing, yielding, controlling, pursuant, Heeding, bring, bringing, Depending, change, using, turning, posing, tracking, Adopting, Cookies, Applying, Notifying, causing, Providing, abiding, speaking, Experiencing, cos, acting, listing, Submitting, submits, Aiming, Maintaining, believing, Quoting, Advising, harvesting, saying, Witnessing, falling, Allowing, Committing, voicing, given, giving, studying, Totalling, unifying, leaning, Placing, sharing, co, marking, Announcing, filming, paying, drawing, leading, upsetting, breeding, lapsing, beneath, laying, underneath, rising, Having, ranging, taking, fixing, supplying, Embedding, meaning, wondering, surrounding, seeing, picking, advancing, weighing, talking, calling, casting, copying, counting, holding, looking, Spanning, Forming, setting, Discounting, Claiming, posting, finding, Via, killing, basic, devising, raising, bouncing, passing, questioning, Stating, event, signing, signs, keeping, putting, sounding, Basing, Doing, making.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Incorporating, Relating, accommodating, Referring, echoing, Mirroring, Amounting.

Antonyms for Reflecting:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    nonreflecting, nonreflective.

Reflecting Sentence Examples:

• We may approach the subject by reflecting that the first condition of Christians was one of simple faith.

• He seemed to be reflecting deeply, and to scarcely realize my presence.

Homophones for Reflecting:

• reflectance.