Synonyms for ponder
ˈpɒn dərpon·der

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1. ponderverb

   Synonyms:
   chew over, mull over

2. ponderverb

   To wonder, to think of deeply.

   Synonyms:
   mull over, chew over

3. ponderverb

   To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.

   It's time to ponder over its fallacies

   Synonyms:
   mull over, chew over

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1. ponder

   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, deliberate, meditate, reflect, weigh

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

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1. ponder

   Synonyms:
   think over, meditate on, weigh, consider, cogitate, deliberate, ruminate, reflect, amuse, study, resolve

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1. 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, contemplate, theorise, speculate, theorize, reflect, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, formulate, devise, mull over, study, contrive, invent, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, forge, reverberate, mull, conjecture, job, think over

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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  

2. reminateadjective

   Submitted by sarahbeth on July 15, 2021  

3. wonder

   to think about.

   i wondered what was on her mind.

   Submitted by JP03 on April 12, 2015  

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1. ponderverb

   Synonyms:
   consider, weigh, contemplate, study, meditate, think on, reflect upon, deliberate upon, revolve in the mind

2. ponderverb

   Synonyms:
   think, muse, reflect, cogitate, meditate, study

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1. ponderverb

   Synonyms:
   meditate, reflect, ruminate, think, muse

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1. Lewis Thomas:

   We pass the word around we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry we meditate over the literature we play the music we change our minds we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.

2. Glenn Levine:

   While we all obviously don't know what our urine cortisol levels are, there are ways we can learn to self-reflect on whether we may have some negative psychological factors, particularly things like stress, if we do recognize that we tend to be frequently stressed, frustrated or angered, then it's helpful to ponder what exactly are the things that lead us to become stressed.

3. Cicero:

   Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

4. Norman Douglas:

   There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.

5. Vanna Bonta:

   Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.