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pondering

verb , present participle of ponder

Synonyms and Antonyms of pondering

to give serious and careful thought to

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

Synonyms of pondering

chewing over, cogitating, considering, contemplating, debating, deliberating, entertaining, eyeing (or eying), kicking around, meditating, mulling (over), perpending, poring (over), questioning, revolving, ruminating, studying, thinking (about or over), turning, weighing, wrestling (with)

Words Related to pondering

musing (upon), reflecting (on or upon), reminiscing

analyzing, exploring, reviewing

concluding, reasoning

second-guessing, speculating (about)

brooding (about or over), dwelling (on or upon), fixating (on or upon), fretting (about or over), obsessing (about or over)

believing, conceiving, opining

absorbing, assimilating, digesting, drinking (in)

Phrases Synonymous with pondering

beating one's brains out (about), chewing on, cudgeling one's brains (about), looking at

Near Antonyms of pondering

disregarding, ignoring, overlooking, slighting

dismissing, pooh-poohing (also poohing), rejecting

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