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Synonyms for reflective
rɪˈflɛk tɪvre·flec·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminativeadjective
deeply or seriously thoughtful
"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
Synonyms:
contemplative, meditative, brooding, pensive, wistful, broody, ruminative, musing, ponderingAntonyms:
nonintellectual, nonreflective, echoless, thoughtless, nonreflectingreflectiveadjective
capable of physically reflecting light or sound
"a reflective surface"
Synonyms:
contemplative, meditative, brooding, pensive, broody, ruminative, musing, ponderingAntonyms:
nonreflecting, thoughtless, nonreflective, echoless, nonintellectualreflectiveadjective
devoted to matters of the mind
"the reflective type"
Synonyms:
contemplative, meditative, brooding, pensive, broody, ruminative, musing, ponderingAntonyms:
nonintellectual, nonreflecting, nonreflective, thoughtless, echoless
Dictionary of English Synonymes
reflectiveadjective
Synonyms:
reflecting, reflexivereflectiveadjective
Synonyms:
thoughtful, musing, deliberating, pondering, cogitating
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "reflective":
reflexive, reflector, retroreflective, retro-reflective, illuminating, thoughtful, reflects
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#123488 | retroreflective | |
#167741 | broody |
How to use reflective in a sentence?
It's just as plausible that the people who are happier have a reason to dance, or the people who have more resources go to concerts, i think [the study] is more reflective of the way we think about music.
The net enthusiasm in the market is reflective of hopes that the Greek crisis is going to be resolved here shortly.
Even if it's a Republican district, they still go through a Republican primary, and so the incumbent is not necessarily safe just because their district is still reflective of their party affiliation.
We're not going to go against the data and create any type of false discounts for the purposes of marketing at this point. We just want to make sure the rate is reflective of the risk that it brings.
Demand is increasing, notably in gasoline, I think most of the market expects that eventually we'll break through to the upside - but in the meantime producers are taking a realistic view on the commodity, it's reflective of a move to lock in favourable economics and support the portfolio before they get ready to ramp production back up.
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