THINK (ABOUT OR OVER) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

think (about or over)

verb

Definition of think (about or over)

as in to contemplate

to give serious and careful thought to I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do

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Harry was said to have been contemplating bringing his children to meet the king.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
The Sox are contemplating selecting either UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, Texas high school shortstop Grady Emerson or Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey with the first pick.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of contemplate

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The central theme was the figurative — and literal — significance of passing the ball, including asking audience members to ponder what their passing game is like and the ramifications of being a ball hog.

— Vahe Gregorian July 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Other states could soon follow — including New York, which is pondering a similar bill — in a domino effect that could completely derail the automaker’s current trajectory.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Definition of ponder

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And while critics of the film debate the live-action coming too soon, the cast of the film feel otherwise, and that this has been a longtime coming for Polynesian representation.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 July 2026
As an especially commercial form of feminism began to flourish, these sites debated its merits.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

Definition of debate

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More people will be studied, more tests will be done and the participants will be looked at for a longer period to get a better sense of the impacts, the researchers said.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed as the head of a new White House group to study unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAP, a new catch-all term for UFOs that might appear not just in the air but also in space or underwater.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of study

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Rather than questioning Tuchel’s right to criticise, Kane took his manager’s side.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
In past hearings, Paul has frequently questioned the former White House medical adviser about bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026

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thinkable

think (about or over)

think better of

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