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meditate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of meditate

1 to give serious and careful thought to
  • I've been meditating a career change for months.
Synonyms of meditate

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

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 meditate

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

disregard, ignore, overlook, slight

dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject
2 to have in mind as a purpose or goal
  • Gina had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed.
Synonyms of meditate

aim, aspire, calculate, contemplate, design, intend, look, mean, plan, propose, purport, purpose
Words Related to meditate

dream, hope, wish

consider, debate, mull (over), ponder

attempt, endeavor, strive, struggle, try

plot, scheme

accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, perform
Phrases Synonymous with meditate

figure on

Synonym Discussion of meditate

ponder, meditate, muse, ruminate mean to consider or examine attentively or deliberately. ponder implies a careful weighing of a problem or, often, prolonged inconclusive thinking about a matter.
    • pondered the course of action
meditate implies a definite focusing of one's thoughts on something so as to understand it deeply.
    • meditated on the meaning of life
muse suggests a more or less focused daydreaming as in remembrance.
    • mused upon childhood joys
ruminate implies going over the same matter in one's thoughts again and again but suggests little of either purposive thinking or rapt absorption.
    • ruminated on past disappointments

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