meditative

med·i·ta·tive

adj \ˈme-də-ˌtā-tiv\

Definition of MEDITATIVE

1

: marked by or conducive to meditation

2

: disposed or given to meditation

— med·i·ta·tive·ly adverb

— med·i·ta·tive·ness noun

Examples of MEDITATIVE

1. I could see that she was in a meditative mood.
2. <I've been in a meditative mood all day.>

First Known Use of MEDITATIVE

1611

Related to MEDITATIVE

Synonyms: broody, cogitative, contemplative, melancholy, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, thoughtful

Antonyms: unreflective

Related Words: introspective, retrospective, self-reflective; earnest, grave, sedate, serious, serious-minded, severe, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre), weighty; philosophical (also philosophic); analytic (or analytical), logical, rational; deliberate, purposeful; absentminded, abstracted, preoccupied

Near Antonyms: featherbrained, flighty, flippant, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, scatterbrained; brainless, mindless, silly, thoughtless, unthinking

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Rhymes with MEDITATIVE

aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, consultative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, innovative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, nuncupative, operative, palliative, penetrative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative