Synonyms of meditating

meditating

verb

present participle of meditate

1

as in pondering

to give serious and careful thought to

I've been meditating a career change for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in planning

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

• planning
• intending
• contemplating
• looking
• meaning
• trying
• going
• hoping
• wishing
• designing
• aiming
• proposing
• calculating
• dreaming
• pondering
• attempting
• purporting
• purposing
• aspiring
• considering
• figuring on
• debating
• allowing
• striving
• struggling
• plotting
• endeavoring
• accomplishing
• performing
• executing
• achieving
• scheming
• effecting
• mulling (over)