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debating

verb , present participle of debate

Synonyms and Antonyms of debating

1 to give serious and careful thought to

still debating what to do

Synonyms of debating

chewing over, cogitating, considering, contemplating, deliberating, entertaining, eyeing (or eying), kicking around, meditating, mulling (over), perpending, pondering, poring (over), questioning, revolving, ruminating, studying, thinking (about or over), turning, weighing, wrestling (with)

Words Related to debating

musing (upon), reflecting (on or upon), reminiscing

analyzing, exploring, reviewing

concluding, reasoning

second-guessing, speculating (about)

brooding (about or over), dwelling (on or upon), fixating (on or upon), fretting (about or over), obsessing (about or over)

believing, conceiving, opining

absorbing, assimilating, digesting, drinking (in)

Phrases Synonymous with debating

beating one's brains out (about), chewing on, cudgeling one's brains (about), looking at

Near Antonyms of debating

disregarding, ignoring, overlooking, slighting

dismissing, pooh-poohing (also poohing), rejecting

2 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 of debating

agitating, arguing, bandying, batting (around or back and forth), canvassing (also canvasing), discussing, disputing, hashing (over or out), mooting, talking over

Words Related to debating

reviewing, speaking (about), talking (about)

broaching, introducing, propounding, raising, stirring up

forging, hammering out, talking out, thrashing (out), wrestling (with)

chewing over, considering, deliberating, weighing

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