Synonyms of pondering

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noun

as in contemplation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contemplation
• thought
• meditation
• consideration
• reflection
• rumination
• cogitation
• study
• debate
• deliberation
• introspection
• advisement
• indecision
• hesitation
• account
• agonizing
• premeditation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• short shrift

pondering

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verb

present participle of ponder

as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to

I'm pondering whether or not I should join another committee

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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