Synonyms of ponders

ponders

verb

present tense third-person singular of ponder

as in contemplates

to give serious and careful thought to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ponders

As is often the case in both real life and the movies, this modern millennial lady ponders this very question all the time. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026

Nacua, who expects to play against the 49ers as the NFL ponders a potential suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, returned to practice last week. — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2026

Something to bear in mind as Quinn Hughes, who takes his turn on the player media tour on Wednesday, ponders his own future. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

While Tavares coach Gavin Jones ponders how to replace 18 transfer players heading into the season, just down Route 441, new Eustis coach Tanner Harris is pumping some energy into a program that has had four coaches in three years. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

As coach John Hynes ponders his Game 1 starter, the recent numbers will show that Wallstedt has allowed a total of four goals in his final two regular-season starts, while veteran Filip Gustavsson has been touched for 10 in the same span. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026

While Heinrich ponders the misfiring neurons in the brain of a mass shooter, Jack’s pursuit of Mink—a character whose skin color and ambiguous ethnicity Jack remarks on repeatedly—leads him directly into the urban teeth of the War on Drugs. — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026

Who ever ponders the conveniences of that 20th century innovation, the airplane, that makes 21st century hustle possible? — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026

Who ever ponders the conveniences of that 20th-century innovation, the airplane, that makes 21st-century hustle possible? — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026