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
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Recent Examples of contemplative
Ed’s blush somehow managed to overlap his cheeks and spread across his chin, his forehead, his ears, and into his greatest receptacle of all: his kindly, contemplative soul.
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
At The Donum Estate, Oracle has found not just a physical home, but a spiritual one—a place where Biggers’ layered histories, material choices, and contemplative intentions converge into a singular, powerful experience.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 28 May 2025
This stimulates your mind in a serious, contemplative way.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
To an extent, yes—although, despite this quartet’s immense talent, this contemplative period piece is, sadly, just not the sum of its parts.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 May 2025
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
At The Donum Estate, Oracle has found not just a physical home, but a spiritual one—a place where Biggers’ layered histories, material choices, and contemplative intentions converge into a singular, powerful experience.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 28 May 2025
This stimulates your mind in a serious, contemplative way.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
To an extent, yes—although, despite this quartet’s immense talent, this contemplative period piece is, sadly, just not the sum of its parts.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemplative
Adjective
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It's been quite a year so this was really such a thoughtful gesture and seriously made my month.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Several neighborhoods loosely inspire thoughtful craft cocktails—all clever, complex, and complimentary.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Yeva’s story gives the novel a melancholy moral center.—
Carole V. Bell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Feisty, single, and prone to melancholy, Agathe works in Paris’ legendary Shakespeare and Company bookstore.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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This kind of behavior isn’t reflective of Sox fans or the city.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Xi was tougher than most, but his behavior was still reflective of the context of the times.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Even fewer blend political thrills with meditative visual poetry, but Austrian director Richard Ladkani strikes this balance with an even hand in his intimate chronicle of Juma Xiapaia, a brave Indigenous activist in Brazil and the first woman elected chief in the Amazon’s Middle Xingu region.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 June 2025
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By the age of thirty in 326 BC, Alexander used this meditative murderousness to amass his empire, which included much of Africa and India.—
Matthew Gavin Frank
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Scenes of long discussions seem brisk, even at pensive tempi, because of the way that the lines uttered strike off one another—and because of the energetically thoughtful performances that bring the characters to life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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In such an intimate, pensive atmosphere, characters emerge gradually out of the rugged landscape like windswept trees or weathered stones.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Banners, badges or signs for political, ideological, philosophical or commercial purposes are not permitted.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Eileen is, of course, a deeply spiritual writer and thinker, deeply philosophical and wild-minded, and what with poetry being so great for divination, their poems in particular land well.—
Michelle Tea
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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“Contemplative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemplative. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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