Synonyms of meditates

meditates

verb

present tense third-person singular of meditate

1

as in contemplates

to give serious and careful thought to

I've been meditating a career change for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contemplates
• ponders
• entertains
• considers
• debates
• weighs
• studies
• explores
• eyes
• ruminates
• questions
• deliberates
• analyzes
• cogitates
• reviews
• thinks (about or over)
• looks at
• revolves
• wrestles (with)
• pores (over)
• chews on
• mulls (over)
• turns
• perpends
• chews over
• digests
• reminisces
• cudgels one's brains (about)
• beats one's brains out (about)
• reflects (on or upon)
• believes
• kicks around
• muses (upon)
• opines
• concludes
• conceives
• absorbs
• broods (about or over)
• reasons
• assimilates
• speculates (about)
• frets (about or over)
• dwells (on or upon)
• obsesses (about or over)
• second-guesses
• fixates (on or upon)
• drinks (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• disregards
• overlooks
• rejects
• dismisses
• slights
• pooh-poohs

2

as in intends

to have in mind as a purpose or goal

had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intends
• plans
• contemplates
• goes
• means
• hopes
• proposes
• tries
• looks
• aims
• wishes
• aspires
• purposes
• calculates
• purports
• designs
• allows
• considers
• attempts
• figures on
• ponders
• dreams
• strives
• struggles
• debates
• performs
• plots
• accomplishes
• executes
• achieves
• schemes
• effects
• endeavors
• mulls (over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of meditates

Sanam Sheriff meditates on trans poetics and the failure of language. — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026

At other times, the music meditates on an image — there’s a tribute to Sylvia Plath, another famous McLean patient — that’s beautiful on its own but dramatically inert. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2026

In her book Fresh Banana Leaves, Indigenous scientist and scholar Jessica Hernandez meditates on the meaning of the banana plant within the ecologies of her ancestors across what is now Mexico and El Salvador. — Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026

Many had argued that the banner, which largely meditates on the violence of the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia, contained antisemitic caricatures. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026

Meditate and love the process James meditates daily to boost mental recovery from challenging workouts. — Matt Fuchs, Time, 20 Apr. 2026

Right after waking up, the leader meditates, journals, and zeroes in on the most critical task of the day. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

The closing section meditates on karma, linking it to a vision of the eventual decline of Aurangzeb’s empire. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026