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poring (over)

verb , present participle of pore (over)

Synonyms and Antonyms of poring (over)

1 to give serious and careful thought to

the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision

Synonyms of poring (over)

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

Words Related to poring (over)

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 poring (over)

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

Near Antonyms of poring (over)

disregarding, ignoring, overlooking, slighting

dismissing, pooh-poohing (also poohing), rejecting

2 to go over and mentally take in the content of

he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test

Synonyms of poring (over)

perusing, reading

Words Related to poring (over)

browsing, dipping (into), leafing (through), scanning, skimming, speed-reading, thumbing (through), turning over

devouring, gobbling (up)

slogging (through), wading (through)

reviewing, studying

apprehending, comprehending, getting, grasping, making, making out, perceiving, seeing, tumbling (to), understanding

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