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. James Allen:

   The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

2. Another Tea Party-backed Republican senator:

   Mitch is a strong conservative. Those who criticize his leadership must remember he has a tough job, The positions he takes as leader, which might be of concern to some conservatives, often reflect where the center of gravity is in our conference - and not reflect where he is.

3. Te Ururoa Flavell:

   Reflect on where we are as a nation in 2015. Reflect on the dreams and aspirations of our people 175 years ago.

4. Another Tea Party-backed Republican senator:

   The positions he takes as leader, which might be of concern to some conservatives, often reflect where the center of gravity is in our conference - and not reflect where he is.

5. Mark Twain:

   Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.