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Synonyms for contemplate
ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪt, -tɛm-con·tem·plate

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contemplate

    To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.

    Synonyms:
    behold, descry, discern, gaze, glance, inspect, look, regard, scan, see, stare, survey, view, watch

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.6 / 5 votes

  1. contemplate

    Synonyms:
    meditate, behold, observe, ponder, study, purpose, design, intend, project

    Antonyms:
    ignore, overlook, waive, abandon

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. contemplateverb

    look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

    "contemplate one's navel"

    Synonyms:
    ruminate, mull, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, study, speculate, reflect, excogitate, ponder, meditate

  2. contemplateverb

    consider as a possibility

    "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"

    Synonyms:
    ruminate, mull, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, study, speculate, reflect, excogitate, ponder, meditate

  3. study, meditate, contemplateverb

    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

    "He is meditating in his study"

    Synonyms:
    meditate, study, speculate, consider, reflect, chew over, excogitate, learn, canvass, analyse, read, hit the books, think over, ruminate, ponder, muse, take, mull, canvas, analyze, mull over, examine

  4. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculateverb

    reflect deeply on a subject

    "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

    Synonyms:
    hypothecate, shine, theorise, speculate, theorize, reflect, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, formulate, devise, mull over, study, contrive, ponder, invent, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, forge, reverberate, mull, conjecture, job, think over

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. play withverb

    in the sense of "to play with any idea"

    i play with the ideas that are presented in your poetry.

    Submitted by csalvay on October 19, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contemplateverb

    Synonyms:
    study, ponder, meditate on, dwell on, think about, reflect upon, consider or view attentively, revolve in the mind

  2. contemplateverb

    Synonyms:
    intend, purpose, design, have in view, have in contemplation, look forward to

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "contemplate":

    consider, envisage

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How to use contemplate in a sentence?

  1. Tom Mesereau:

    I would need to prepare and contemplate what the next move would be.

  2. Patrick Meehan:

    I think there is tremendous pressure on an administration, absent some clear indication that this is a hoax, to try and do the prudent thing in the circumstance, there isn’t a lot of time to contemplate it. It has to be made on a moment’s notice.

  3. Benjamin Crump:

    We find it very insulting and disrespectful not just to this family, but to the memory of a dead child, the city had at least 30 days to deliberate, to contemplate and articulate their response to our complaint.

  4. House Administration chairwoman:

    ( Bolton's) latest flash report reveals, again, disturbing inadequacies in the Department leadership's preparation for, and response to, the January 6 attack, examining these latest findings and recommendations will assist The House Administration Committee as we contemplate reforms.

  5. Steve Maraboli:

    By taking the time to contemplate where you are and where you want to be, you greatly empower yourself. It's a wonderful opportunity to finally set in motion the changes you want in your life."


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