Need another word that means the same as “brood”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “brood” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Brood” are: offspring, young, progeny, spawn, family, household, ménage, clan, tribe, grizzle, stew, bulk large, hover, loom, dwell, cover, hatch, incubate, pout, sulk, worry about, fret about, agonize over, moon over, languish over, feel despondent about, grieve over, sulk about, eat one's heart out over, sit on
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brood” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| clan | A large family. Civil strife has followed as rival clans jockey for power. |
| family | People descended from a common ancestor. Friends and family can provide support. |
| household | The establishment and affairs of a royal household. It was a good Christian household. |
| ménage | A social unit living together. |
| offspring | An animal’s young. The offspring of middle class parents. |
| progeny | A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring. Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny. |
| spawn | The process of producing spawn. The spawn of Satan. |
| tribe | Group of people related by blood or marriage. She made a stand against the social codes of her English middle class tribe. |
| young | Young people collectively. Many grebes carry their young on their backs. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brood” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| agonize over | Suffer agony or anguish. |
| bulk large | Stick out or up. |
| cover | Form a cover over. One reason doctors take temperatures is to cover themselves against negligence claims. |
| dwell | Live in or at a specified place. The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country. |
| eat one's heart out over | Take in food; used of animals only. |
| feel despondent about | Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. |
| fret about | Carve a pattern into. |
| grieve over | Cause to feel sorrow. |
| grizzle | Be in a huff; be silent or sullen. |
| hatch | Emerge from the eggs. Hatch the sheet. |
| hover | Use a mouse or other device to position the cursor over a particular area of a computer screen so as to cause a program to respond (typically by displaying additional information or options), without clicking a button on the device. You can hover your cursor over any button to see an explanation. |
| incubate | Grow under conditions that promote development. The samples were incubated at 80 C for 3 minutes. |
| languish over | Become feeble. |
| loom | Weave on a loom. Another air plane loomed into the sky. |
| moon over | Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake. |
| pout | Push one’s lips or one’s bottom lip forward as an expression of petulant annoyance or in order to make oneself look sexually attractive. She lounged on the steps pouting. |
| sit on | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. |
| stew | Cook slowly and for a long time in liquid. James will be expecting us so we will let him stew a bit. |
| sulk | Be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment. He was sulking over the break up of his band. |
| sulk about | Be in a huff and display one’s displeasure. |
| worry about | Lacerate by biting. |
| bethink | Consider or ponder something carefully. He bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs. |
| cogitate | Consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one’s mind. He stroked his beard and retired to cogitate. |
| consider | Show consideration for take into account. The old man considered his granddaughter thoughtfully. |
| considerable | Notably large in size, amount, or extent. Went to considerable trouble for us. |
| contemplate | Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes. She couldn t even begin to contemplate the future. |
| contemplation | A long and thoughtful observation. The road is too busy for leisurely contemplation of the scenery. |
| deep | A deep part of the sea. Deep cuts in the budget. |
| deliberate | Engage in long and careful consideration. A deliberate attempt to provoke a response. |
| flock | Of birds congregate in a flock. A flock of paparazzi tailed them all over London. |
| introspect | Examine one’s own thoughts or feelings. What they don t do is introspect much about the reasons for their plight. |
| introspection | The contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct. Quiet introspection can be extremely valuable. |
| meditate | Focus one’s mind for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation. I set aside time every day to write and meditate. |
| meditative | Relating to or absorbed in meditation or considered thought. Meditative techniques. |
| mirror | Reflect as if in a mirror. The clear water mirrored the sky. |
| mirrored | Having a surface like a mirror; reflective. The room has wall to wall mirrored wardrobes. |
| mull | Heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink. I mulled over the events of the afternoon. |
| muse | Reflect deeply on a subject. Yeats muse Maud Gonne. |
| pensive | Showing pensive sadness. A pensive mood. |
| ponder | Reflect deeply on a subject. I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion. |
| ponderable | Capable of being weighed or considered. Something ponderable from the outer world something of which we can say that its weight is so and so. |
| reconsider | Consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing. They called on the US government to reconsider its policy. |
| reflect | Be bright by reflecting or casting light. Charles reflected that maybe there was hope for the family after all. |
| reflective | Deeply or seriously thoughtful. Reflective glass. |
| resonate | Be received or understood. The sound resonates well in this theater. |
| retrospect | Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember. In retrospect. |
| ruminate | Chew the cuds. Cows ruminate. |
| speculate | Form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence. Observers speculated that the authorities wished to improve their image. |
| think | An instance of deliberate thinking. Any writer who so rarely produces a book is not thinking deep thoughts. |
| thoughtful | Taking heed giving close and thoughtful attention. How very thoughtful of you. |
| thoughtfully | With consideration for the needs of other people. He stared thoughtfully into the fire. |
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