Synonyms of wrestling (with)

wrestling (with)

verb

present participle of wrestle (with)

as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to

I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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