THINKING Synonyms

• sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

• persistent morbid meditation on a problem

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• visual imagery

• a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• thinking that is coherent and logical

• endowed with the capacity to reason

• causing reflection or having a device that reflects

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

• make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

• break down into components or essential features

• subject to psychoanalytic treatment

• get the meaning of something

• take into custody

• anticipate with dread or anxiety

• 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

• have the idea for

• judge or regard; look upon; judge

• become pregnant; undergo conception

• a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• 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

• reason by deduction; establish by deduction

• conclude by reasoning; in logic

• 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

• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

• expect, believe, or suppose

• reflect deeply on a subject

• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes