PONDERER Synonyms

• the young of an animal cared for at one time

• think moodily or anxiously about something

• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

• be in a huff and display one's displeasure

• be in a huff; be silent or sullen

• sit on (eggs)

• consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind

• use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

• deem to be

• give careful consideration to

• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

• show consideration for; take into account

• think about carefully; weigh

• judge or regard; look upon; judge

• look at attentively

• look at carefully; study mentally

• regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem

• look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

• consider as a possibility

• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• reflect deeply on a subject

• carefully thought out in advance

• unhurried and with care and dignity

• characterized by conscious design or purpose

• think about carefully; weigh

• discuss the pros and cons of an issue

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• reflect deeply on a subject

• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• the source of an artist's inspiration

• in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

• reflect deeply on a subject

• a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

• a game that tests your ingenuity

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

• manifest or bring back

• reflect deeply on a subject

• to throw or bend back (from a surface)

• be bright by reflecting or casting light

• show an image of

• give evidence of a certain behavior

• give evidence of the quality of

• chew the cuds

• reflect deeply on a subject

• to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion

• reflect deeply on a subject

• invest at a risk

• a detailed critical inspection

• applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

• a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

• a state of deep mental absorption

• a room used for reading and writing and studying

• a branch of knowledge

• preliminary drawing for later elaboration

• attentive consideration and meditation

• someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)

• a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning

• give careful consideration to

• be a student of a certain subject

• learn by reading books

• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• an instance of deliberate thinking

• judge or regard; look upon; judge

• expect, believe, or suppose

• use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• imagine or visualize

• focus one's attention on a certain state

• have in mind as a purpose

• decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting

• ponder; reflect on, or reason about

• dispose the mind in a certain way

• have or formulate in the mind

• be capable of conscious thought

• bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation

• have a certain weight

• show consideration for; take into account

• determine the weight of

• have weight; have import, carry weight

• to be oppressive or burdensome

• reflect deeply on a subject

• Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)

• a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation

• a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone

• Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)

• a vessel in which wine is mulled

• German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)

• German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)

• British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)

• United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)

• a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation