Synonyms of deliberating

deliberating

verb

present participle of deliberate

as in pondering

to give serious and careful thought to

the jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deliberating

Hauntingly, while the jury in the Clancy case was deliberating, a Will County mother of four was arrested in the hanging death of her 2-year-old son. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

And yet, despite overwhelming evidence that pointed to Lizzie as the killer, a year later, following a high-profile two-week trial, an all-male jury, deliberating for a little more than an hour, decided to acquit her. — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

On Friday, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial at Plymouth Superior Court after the jury deliberating whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the strangulation deaths of her three children said it was deadlocked three times. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026

At the time over 1,000 miles away, the jury had been deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former nurse accused of killing her three children. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

The jury spent a week deliberating in Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where supporters and onlookers gathered outside for days awaiting a possible verdict. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

The judge then reread his instructions on reasonable doubt before sending them back to continue deliberating. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Reddington variously asked the judge either to remove the holdout and replace him with an alternate or to order the jury to continue deliberating. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026

Over a month later, a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict after deliberating for weeks and a judge declared a mistrial. — Selena Barrientos, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026