Synonyms for reflect
rɪˈflɛktre·flect

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1. reflect

   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, ponder, weigh

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

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1. reflect

   Synonyms:
   return, image, mirror, exhibit, consider, think, cogitate, meditate, contemplate, ponder, muse, ruminate, heed, advert, animadvert

   Antonyms:
   divert, dissipate, idle, dream, wander, rove, stargaze, woolgather, connive, disregard, overlook

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1. reflectverb

   manifest or bring back

   "This action reflects his true beliefs"

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, meditate, speculate, reverberate, shine, excogitate, ponder, contemplate, mull

2. 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, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, formulate, devise, mull over, study, contrive, ponder, invent, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, forge, reverberate, mull, conjecture, job, think over

3. reflect, reverberateverb

   to throw or bend back (from a surface)

   "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"

   Synonyms:
   rebound, shine, contemplate, bound, speculate, chew over, excogitate, spring, resound, ricochet, mull over, recoil, think over, echo, bounce, ponder, muse, ruminate, ring, meditate, resile, reverberate, mull, take a hop

4. reflect, shineverb

   be bright by reflecting or casting light

   "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, shine, contemplate, speculate, radiate, strike, glisten, chew over, glitter, excogitate, gleam, beam, smoothen, mull over, think over, polish, ponder, muse, ruminate, glow, meditate, glint, fall, reverberate, mull

5. reflectverb

   show an image of

   "her sunglasses reflected his image"

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, meditate, speculate, reverberate, shine, excogitate, ponder, contemplate, mull

6. reflectverb

   give evidence of a certain behavior

   "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, meditate, speculate, reverberate, shine, excogitate, ponder, contemplate, mull

7. reflectverb

   give evidence of the quality of

   "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, meditate, speculate, reverberate, shine, excogitate, ponder, contemplate, mull

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1. reflectverb

   Synonyms:
   mirror, throw back

2. reflectverb

   Synonyms:
   think, cogitate, muse, meditate, deliberate, ponder, consider, ruminate

3. reflectverb

   Synonyms:
   bring reproach, cast reproach

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1. reflectverb

   Synonyms:
   mirror, rebound, revert, meditate, ruminate, consider, contemplate

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1. List of paraphrases for "reflect":

   reflects, reflection, mirror, correspond, consider, represent, accommodate, account, translate, think, illustrate, embody, reflecting, indicate, show

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1. John Kelly:

   Sometimes United States just for fun, perhaps these lighter slang and pop culture newcomers to our dictionary reflect another important aspect of our time -- a cautious optimism and a brighter mood about the future ahead after a trying 2020.

2. Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness:

   The world is moving on and Ireland is taking the lead, politicians, particularly in the north need to reflect on this progress.

3. Principal Carol Campbell:

   The perspective of the teacher does not reflect nor support our approach to educating students on sexual assault, a strong contradictory argument should be accompanied by counter arguments from credible sources. In this case, the document was shared with many students and staff with very little context. We apologize for any harm or negative impact.

4. Steve Stivers:

   I congratulate Congresswoman-Elect Debbie Lesko and look forward to welcoming Debbie Lesko to National Republican groups conference, debbie Lesko is a strong conservative whose values truly reflect those of the voters in Arizona’s Eighth District. The NRCC was proud to support Debbie Lesko and National Republican groups targeted and early investments proved to be a difference maker in the race.

5. Jon Huntsman:

   I knew that the show did not reflect my values. When I say that I mean rewarding people for bad behavior, i ’m never going to be someone that writes a tell-all book, that’s just not me, and I ’m not going to put names on things but at that time, there were executives in charge that I did feel like we were sort of players in their game. And it was about money and it was about ratings and the tabloids. And in order to keep that show hot, you had to just let it all continue on.