Synonyms of contemplative

contemplative

adjective

kən-ˈtem-plə-tiv 

as in thoughtful

given to or marked by long, quiet thinking

a contemplative person who likes to go on solitary walks

the contemplative life of the monks at the abbey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thoughtful
• melancholy
• reflective
• meditative
• pensive
• philosophic
• philosophical
• somber
• ruminative
• broody
• solemn
• cogitative
• musing
• ruminant
• introspective
• rational
• logical
• analytical
• serious
• retrospective
• sombre
• earnest
• analytic
• preoccupied
• sedate
• self-reflective
• sober
• deliberate
• serious-minded
• purposeful
• severe
• grave
• abstracted
• weighty
• absentminded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unreflective
• frivolous
• flippant
• goofy
• scatterbrained
• flighty
• thoughtless
• mindless
• silly
• harebrained
• unthinking
• brainless
• featherbrained
• light-headed

Examples of contemplative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Earlier in the day, the mood was much more contemplative when South Carolina’s women’s basketball team was honored. —David Close, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024

The former is a wistful, contemplative song about the way the heaviest moments in life — good or bad — always take you by surprise, while title track is an ode to Kent’s own stubbornness. —Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024

But what started as a contemplative speech has become somewhat rambling, with Trump veering off on tangents. —David Jackson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024

Among the secondary roles, John Turturro does gentle, contemplative work as a former boyfriend Ingrid inherited from Martha, who now gives talks on climate change and other global crises of a world in its death throes. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024