Thesaurus:ponder

Thesaurus

ponder

English

Verb

Sense: to consider carefully and thoroughly

Synonyms

• afterthink
• agitate (rare)
• bethink
• call to mind
• chew
• chew over
• chew the cud
• cogitate
• consider
• contemplate
• deliberate
• mull
• mull over
• muse
• ponder
• meditate
• quander
• reflect
• rethink
• reconsider
• revolve (rare)
• ruminate
• second-guess
• think    [⇒ thesaurus]
• think over

Hypernyms

• think    [⇒ thesaurus]

See Also

• Thesaurus:consideration

Further reading

• “451. thought” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ponder” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.