Synonyms of meditating

meditating

verb

present participle of meditate

1

as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to

I've been meditating a career change for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of meditating

The walls are robin’s-egg blue, painted with images of meditating skeletons and vaguely inspirational maxims. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

If your kid isn’t into meditating on a particular day, that’s fine. — Samantha Mann, Parents, 17 July 2026

So many of the characters themselves are in a state of reflection, meditating on the wide swaths of time that are behind them. — Sky Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026

His ambitious tasting menu has high-concept underpinnings, meditating on themes like the progression of the seasons. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Both meditating Tibetan monks and summer concert-goers are drawn to the dramatic location. — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026

Alba could be seen meditating and boating along dolphins during the idyllic getaway. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 23 June 2026

Her memoir, meditating on professional burnout, reinvention, and definitions of midlife success, was named a Best New Book by People Magazine and The Boston Globe. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 June 2026

The participants had a wide range of meditation experience, from beginners to advanced practitioners, and they were instructed to focus on their breathing while meditating. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 7 June 2026