Entry Word: ponder

Function: verb

Meaning: to give serious and careful thought to <Iʼm pondering whether or not I should join another club>

Synonyms chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull (over), question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), weigh

Related Words muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisce; conclude, reason; second-guess, speculate; brood (about or over), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over); believe, conceive, opine; absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)

Phrases cudgel oneʼs brains

Near Antonyms disregard, ignore, overlook, slight; dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject