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deliberate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of deliberate

1 decided on as a result of careful thought
  • The judge made a deliberate decision to impose the minimum sentence.
Synonyms of deliberate

advised, calculated, considered, knowing, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, thought-out, weighed
Words Related to deliberate

aforethought, premeditated, prepense

educated, informed

intentional, purposeful

designed, intended, planned, projected

careful, meticulous

foresighted, forethoughtful, provident, prudent
Near Antonyms of deliberate

half-cocked, ill-advised

chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, random

aimless, desultory, purposeless

hasty, hurried, rushed

abrupt, impetuous, sudden

automatic, extemporaneous, impromptu, instinctive, spontaneous
Antonyms of deliberate

casual, unadvised, uncalculated, unconsidered, unstudied
2 made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing
  • a deliberate act of vandalism
Synonyms of deliberate

conscious, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting
Words Related to deliberate

designed, planned

conscious

advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighed

premeditated, premeditative, prepense

discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer
Near Antonyms of deliberate

inadvertent, unwitting

accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, random

aimless, desultory, purposeless

abrupt, impetuous, sudden

coerced, forced, involuntary

compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required

extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated
Antonyms of deliberate

nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional

Synonym Discussion of deliberate

voluntary, intentional, deliberate, willing mean done or brought about of one's own will. voluntary implies freedom and spontaneity of choice or action without external compulsion.
    • a voluntary confession
intentional stresses an awareness of an end to be achieved.
    • the intentional concealment of vital information
deliberate implies full consciousness of the nature of one's act and its consequences.
    • deliberate acts of sabotage
willing implies a readiness and eagerness to accede to or anticipate the wishes of another.
    • willing obedience

deliberate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of deliberate

to give serious and careful thought to
  • The jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict.
Synonyms of deliberate

chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
Words Related to deliberate

muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisce

analyze, explore, review

conclude, reason

second-guess, speculate (about)

brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over)

believe, conceive, opine

absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)
Phrases Synonymous with deliberate

beat one's brains out (about), chew on, cudgel one's brains (about), look at
Near Antonyms of deliberate

disregard, ignore, overlook, slight

dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject

Synonym Discussion of deliberate

think, cogitate, reflect, reason, speculate, deliberate mean to use one's powers of conception, judgment, or inference. think is general and may apply to any mental activity, but used alone often suggests attainment of clear ideas or conclusions.
    • teaches students how to think
cogitate implies deep or intent thinking.
    • cogitated on the mysteries of nature
reflect suggests unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind.
    • reflecting on fifty years of married life
reason stresses consecutive logical thinking.
    • able to reason brilliantly in debate
speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic.
    • speculated on the fate of the lost explorers
deliberate suggests slow or careful reasoning before forming an opinion or reaching a conclusion or decision.
    • the jury deliberated for five hours

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