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The synonyms of “Ponder” are: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over, think about, give thought to, consider, review, reflect on, study, meditate on, muse on, deliberate about, cogitate on, dwell on, brood on, brood over, ruminate about, ruminate on, puzzle over, speculate about, weigh up, turn over in one's mind
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ponder” as a verb can have the following definitions:
brood on | Be in a huff; be silent or sullen. |
brood over | Be in a huff; be silent or sullen. |
chew over | Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. |
cogitate on | Consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one’s mind. |
consider | Show consideration for take into account. Each application is considered on its merits. |
contemplate | Consider as a possibility. Contemplate one s navel. |
deliberate about | Think about carefully; weigh. |
dwell on | Think moodily or anxiously about something. |
excogitate | Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate. |
give thought to | Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man. |
meditate | Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes. I set aside time every day to write and meditate. |
meditate on | Reflect deeply on a subject. |
mull | Reflect deeply on a subject. She began to mull over the various possibilities. |
mull over | Reflect deeply on a subject. |
muse | Reflect deeply on a subject. |
muse on | Reflect deeply on a subject. |
puzzle over | Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide. |
reflect | Be bright by reflecting or casting light. The main contract is progressing well which reflects great credit on those involved. |
reflect on | To throw or bend back (from a surface. |
review | Hold a review of troops. She reviews books for the New York Times. |
ruminate | Reflect deeply on a subject. Goats ruminated nonchalantly around them. |
ruminate about | Chew the cuds. |
ruminate on | Reflect deeply on a subject. |
speculate | 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. Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years. |
speculate about | Reflect deeply on a subject. |
study | Apply oneself to study. The people here don t make so much noise so the government don t have us to study. |
think about | Use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments. |
think over | Expect, believe, or suppose. |
turn over in one's mind | Go sour or spoil. |
weigh up | To be oppressive or burdensome. |
bethink | Consider or ponder something carefully. He bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs. |
brood | Think moodily or anxiously about something. She was brought up as part of a brood of eight. |
cogitate | Consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one’s mind. He stroked his beard and retired to cogitate. |
consider | Regard or treat with consideration respect and esteem. I consider him irresponsible. |
considerate | Showing careful thought. Be considerate over your handwriting. |
consideration | (in a contractual agreement) anything given or promised or forborne by one party in exchange for the promise or undertaking of another. Consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour. |
contemplate | Have in view as a probable intention. He contemplated his image in the mirrors. |
contemplation | A form of Christian prayer or meditation in which a person seeks to pass beyond mental images and concepts to a direct experience of the divine. He would retire to his room for study or contemplation. |
contemplative | A person devoted to the contemplative life. She regarded me with a contemplative eye. |
deem | Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view. The event was deemed a great success. |
deliberate | Unhurried and with care and dignity. They deliberated what they should do with him. |
deliberation | Slow and careful movement or thought. It was the deliberation of his act that was insulting. |
intend | Mean or intend to express or convey. A series of questions intended as a checklist. |
intentionality | The quality of mental states (e.g. thoughts, beliefs, desires, hopes) which consists in their being directed towards some object or state of affairs. |
meditate | Think deeply about (something. I set aside time every day to write and meditate. |
meditative | Deeply or seriously thoughtful. Meditative techniques. |
mirror | Reflect as if in a mirror. The stage is supposed to be the mirror of life. |
mirrored | Fitted with a mirror or mirrors. Mirrored sunglasses. |
mull | An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides. I mulled over the events of the afternoon. |
muse | A person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. Yeats muse Maud Gonne. |
pensive | Showing pensive sadness. A pensive mood. |
reconsider | Consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing. They called on the US government to reconsider its policy. |
reflect | Reflect deeply on a subject. Her sunglasses reflected his image. |
reflective | Capable of physically reflecting light or sound. A quiet reflective astute man. |
resonate | Sound with resonance. The judge s ruling resonated among many of the women. |
ruminate | Chew the cuds. Cows ruminate. |
speculate | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. He didn t look as though he had the money to speculate in shares. |
think | An act of thinking. He was thinking about Colin. |
thoughtful | Taking heed giving close and thoughtful attention. A thoughtful paper. |
thoughtfully | With consideration for the needs of other people. The government thoughtfully offered to foot part of the bill. |
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