Synonyms of debating

debating

verb

present participle of debate

1

as in pondering

to give serious and careful thought to

still debating what to do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pondering
• contemplating
• considering
• studying
• questioning
• entertaining
• weighing
• exploring
• reviewing
• deliberating
• analyzing
• eyeing
• cogitating
• ruminating
• eying
• meditating
• looking at
• revolving
• chewing on
• chewing over
• perpending
• turning
• digesting
• reminiscing
• reasoning
• kicking around
• opining
• believing
• mulling (over)
• thinking (about or over)
• concluding
• wrestling (with)
• beating one's brains out (about)
• poring (over)
• cudgeling one's brains (about)
• absorbing
• conceiving
• reflecting (on or upon)
• assimilating
• second-guessing
• musing (upon)
• speculating (about)
• fixating (on or upon)
• dwelling (on or upon)
• obsessing (about or over)
• fretting (about or over)
• brooding (about or over)
• drinking (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• dismissing
• overlooking
• rejecting
• slighting
• pooh-poohing
• poohing

• ignoring
• disregarding
• dismissing
• overlooking
• rejecting
• slighting
• pooh-poohing
• poohing

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2

as in discussing

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion

we debated the advantages versus the disadvantages of the proposed waterfront development

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discussing
• arguing
• reviewing
• disputing
• bandying
• canvassing
• agitating
• mooting
• talking over
• considering
• raising
• canvasing
• introducing
• weighing
• deliberating
• propounding
• hashing (over or out)
• broaching
• batting (around or back and forth)
• stirring up
• forging
• talking out
• hammering out
• speaking (about)
• talking (about)
• chewing over
• thrashing (out)
• wrestling (with)