Synonyms for deliberate
dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt; -əˌreɪt

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1. deliberate, calculated, measured(adj)

   carefully thought out in advance

   "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"

   Synonyms:
   mensurable, careful, metric, mensural, measured, calculated, metrical

   Antonyms:
   unintended, hurried

2. careful, deliberate, measured(verb)

   unhurried and with care and dignity

   "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"

   Synonyms:
   metric, thrifty, heedful, careful, mensurable, metrical, measured, calculated, mensural

   Antonyms:
   hurried, unintended

3. consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate(verb)

   think about carefully; weigh

   "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

   Synonyms:
   turn, reckon, dig, flip, pass on, weigh, view, debate, fence, reach, take, roll, study, see, deal, tump over, moot, think, contend, conceive, give, overturn, bowl over, delve, pass, tip over, count, upset, believe, flip over, turn over, regard, argue, consider, knock over, look at, hand, cut into

   Antonyms:
   unintended, hurried

4. debate, deliberate(verb)

   discuss the pros and cons of an issue

   Synonyms:
   consider, fence, moot, argue, turn over, contend, debate

   Antonyms:
   unintended, hurried

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1. deliberate

   An individual considers, meditates, ponders, reflects, by himself; he weighs a matter in his own mind, and is sometimes said even to debate with himself. Consult and confer always imply two or more persons, as does debate, unless expressly limited as above. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates about a new investment; he consults his physician about his health; he may confer with him on matters of general interest. He consults a dictionary, but does not confer with it. Deliberate, which can be applied to a single individual, is also the word for a great number, while consult is ordinarily limited to a few; a committee consults; an assembly deliberates. Deliberating always carries the idea of slowness; consulting is compatible with haste; we can speak of a hasty consultation, not of a hasty deliberation. Debate implies opposing views; deliberate, simply a gathering and balancing of all facts and reasons. We consider or deliberate with a view to action, while meditation may be quite purposeless.

   Synonyms:
   confer, consider, consult, debate, meditate, ponder, reflect, weigh

   Preposition:
   We deliberate on or upon, also about or concerning a matter: the first two are preferable.

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1. deliberate(v)

   Synonyms:
   consider, meditate, consult, weigh, reflect, ponder, debate, perpend

   Antonyms:
   shelve, burke, discard, hazard, chance, risk

2. deliberate(a)

   Synonyms:
   grave, purposed, intentional, designed, determined, resolute, earnest, unbiased, unprejudiced

   Antonyms:
   playful, jocose, facetious, irresolute, unresolved, undetermined, dubious, compulsory, suggested, dictated, instigated, biased, prejudiced

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1. deliberate(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   reflect, ponder, consider, think, cogitate, ruminate, muse, meditate, take counsel with one's self

2. deliberate(a.)

   Synonyms:
   wary, cautious, careful, circumspect, considerate, thoughtful

3. deliberate(a.)

   Synonyms:
   well considered, well advised, not rash

4. deliberate(a.)

   Synonyms:
   slow, not hasty

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1. List of paraphrases:

   intentional, wilful, premeditated, deliberately, willful, wilfully, conscious, voluntary, purposeful, intentionally, wanton, systematic

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