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pondering
Overview of verb ponder
The verb ponder has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (9) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate -- (reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate")
Overview of adj pondering
The adj pondering has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (persistently or morbidly thoughtful)
Antonyms of verb ponder
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ponder
1 sense of ponder
Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ponder
1 sense of ponder
Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> premeditate
=> theologize, theologise
=> introspect
=> bethink
=> cogitate
=> wonder, question
=> puzzle
=> study, consider
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ponder
1 sense of ponder
Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
'Cause To' of verb ponder
Derived Forms of verb ponder
1 sense of ponder
Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
RELATED TO>(noun) ponderer#1
=> muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator
Domain of verb ponder
Domain Terms of verb ponder
Familiarity of verb ponder
ponder used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb ponder
1 sense of ponder
Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb ponder
1 sense of ponder
Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
> think, cogitate, cerebrate
=> puzzle over
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> think
=> philosophize, philosophise
=> brainstorm
=> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> reason
=> reason, reason out, conclude
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> study, meditate, contemplate
=> plan
=> associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
=> give, pay, devote
=> think about
=> think
=> think
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ponder
Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
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Grep of verb ponder
ponder
Antonyms of adj pondering
1 sense of pondering
Sense 1
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
INDIRECT (VIA thoughtful) -> thoughtless
Similarity of adj pondering
1 sense of pondering
Sense 1
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
=> thoughtful (vs. thoughtless)
Pertainyms of adj pondering
Attributes of adj pondering
Domain of adj pondering
Domain Terms of adj pondering
Familiarity of adj pondering
pondering used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj pondering
pondering
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