Related Words for ponder

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contemplate
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Verb, Verb
meditate
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Verb, Verb
mull
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Verb, Name, Verb
speculate
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Verb, Verb
ruminate
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Verb, Verb, Adjective
muse
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
reflect
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Verb, Verb
think over
//x
Phrase, Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
examine
x/x
Verb
wonder
/x
Noun
expound
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Verb
pause
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Noun, Verb
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
reexamine
xx/x
Verb
explore
x/
Verb
rethink
x/
Verb
theorize
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Verb
hypothesize
x/xx
Verb
opine
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Verb
decide
x/
Verb
dissect
x/
Verb
contemplation
xx/x
Noun
scrutinize
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Verb
savor
/x
Noun
reassess
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Verb
reevaluate
xx/xx
Verb
await
x/
Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
peruse
x/
Verb
elucidate
x/xx
Verb
inquire
x/
Verb
observe
x/
Verb
revisit
x/x
Verb
delve
/
Verb
question
/x
Noun
brainstorm
/x
Noun
digress
x/
Verb
realize
/xx
Verb
explain
x/
Verb
reminisce
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Verb
interject
xx/
Verb
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
linger
/x
Noun
discover
x/x
Verb
analyze
/xx
Verb
investigate
x/xx
Verb
surmise
x/
Noun
think
/
Verb
gather
/x
Verb
prayerfully
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Adverb
argue
/x
Verb
reminded
x/x
Verb
dwell
/
Verb
savour
/x
Noun
explicate
/xx
Verb
fathom
/x
Noun
posit
/x
Verb
puzzling
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Adjective
suggest
x/
Verb
interesting
/xx
Adjective
glean
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Verb
summarize
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Verb
restate
x/
Verb
percolate
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Verb
scoff
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Noun
curious
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Adjective
clarify
/xx
Verb
bemoan
x/
Verb
pray
/
Verb
comprehend
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Verb
understand
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Verb
analyse
xx/
Verb
ruminations
xx/x
Noun
evaluate
x/xx
Verb
enlighten
x/x
Verb
implications
xx/x
Noun
forget
x/
Verb
weigh
/
Verb
discern
x/
Verb
imagine
x/x
Verb
wander
/x
Verb
seek
/
Verb
weep
/
Verb
relish
/x
Noun
recollect
xx/
Verb
begs
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Verb
overlook
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Verb
rephrase
x/
Verb
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
juxtapose
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Verb
formulate
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Verb
take
/
Verb
obsess
x/
Verb
troubling
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Adjective
remember
x/x
Verb
look
/
Noun
implore
x/
Verb
assess
x/
Verb
deliberating
x/xxx
Verb
illustrate
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Verb
reframe
xx
Verb
moment
/x
Noun
lament
x/
Noun
extrapolate
x/xx
Verb
debated
x/x
Verb
envision
x/x
Verb
conundrum
x/x
Noun
scrutinise
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Verb
pontificate
x/xx
Noun
realise
/xx
Verb
sobering
/xx
Adjective
enquire
x/x
Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb
postulate
/xx
Noun
listen
/x
Verb
mindful
/x
Adjective
suppose
x/
Verb
revel
/x
Noun
learn
/
Verb
regroup
x/
Verb
cringe
/
Noun
embrace
x/
Noun
come
/
Verb
think about
/xx
Phrase, Verb
pore
/
Noun
behold
x/
Verb
study
/x
Noun
think through
//
Phrase, Verb
revolve
x/
Verb
mind
/
Noun
think much of
///
Phrase, Verb
figure
/x
Noun
think of
/x
Phrase, Verb
harbor
/x
Noun
come to mind
///
Phrase, Verb
plumb
/
Noun
have in mind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lest
/
Adjective
huddle
/x
Noun
brood
/
Verb
mysteries
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Noun
riveted
/xx
Verb
strangeness
/x
Noun
leisure
/x
Noun
riddle
/x
Noun
invites
x/
Verb
aficionados
xxx/x
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
believe
x/
Verb
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blues
/
Noun
bourgeois
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
colonial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
conceive
x/
Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
deeply
/x
Adverb
doth
/
Verb, Noun
dream
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
experimenters
x/xxx
Noun
fair
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
golfers
/x
Noun
hippies
/x
Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
madam
/x
Noun, Verb
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
ruth
/
Name
speak
/
Verb, Noun
sterling
/x
Noun, Adjective
worry
/x
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
anymore
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Adverb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun