REFLECTS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for REFLECTS?

Need another word that means the same as “reflects”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “reflects” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Reflects” are: shine, chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, ruminate, speculate, think over, reverberate

Reflects as a Verb

Definitions of "Reflects" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “reflects” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Give evidence of the quality of.
• Show an image of.
• Reflect deeply on a subject.
• To throw or bend back (from a surface.
• Manifest or bring back.
• Be bright by reflecting or casting light.
• Give evidence of a certain behavior.

Synonyms of "Reflects" as a verb (13 Words)

chew over	Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.
contemplate	Think about. Contemplate one s navel.
excogitate	Reflect deeply on a subject. All the rubrics forms and functions remained to be excogitated.
meditate	Think deeply about (something. They had suffered severely and they began to meditate retreat.
mull	Think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length. I mulled over the events of the afternoon.
mull over	Reflect deeply on a subject.
muse	Reflect deeply on a subject.
ponder	Reflect deeply on a subject. I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion.
reverberate	Treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace. The waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building.
ruminate	Chew the cuds. Goats ruminated nonchalantly around them.
shine	Make a surface shine. His talent shines.
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.
think over	Imagine or visualize.

Usage Examples of "Reflects" as a verb

• This action reflects his true beliefs.
• Her sunglasses reflected his image.
• Sound is reflected well in this auditorium.
• Drive carefully–the wet road reflects.
• His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him.
• The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student.

Associations of "Reflects" (30 Words)

anticipatory	Happening, performed, or felt in anticipation of something. An anticipatory flash of excitement.
believe	Follow a credo have a faith be a believer. She believes in spirits.
bethink	Consider or ponder something carefully. He bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs.
brood	Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. A brood mare.
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.
consideration	Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision. The idea was motivated by political considerations.
contemplate	Look thoughtfully for a long time at. I contemplated leaving school and taking a full time job.
deem	Regard or consider in a specified way. The strike was deemed to be illegal.
deliberate	Unhurried and with care and dignity. Jurors deliberated the fate of those charged.
echo	Ring or echo with sound. The house echoed with shouts.
intend	Mean or intend to express or convey. A jigsaw puzzle intended for three year olds.
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	Plan mentally; consider. They had suffered severely and they began to meditate retreat.
mirror	Reflect as if in a mirror. His site was mirrored at several colleges around the United States.
mirrored	Like or characteristic of a mirror image. Mirrored sunglasses.
mistakenly	By accident or oversight; accidentally. He mistakenly believed it.
mull	Reflect deeply on a subject. The government is mulling an overhaul of outdated insurance laws.
muse	Reflect deeply on a subject. Yeats muse Maud Gonne.
ponder	Think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. She sat pondering over her problem.
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.
reckon	Judge to be probable. I don t reckon his chances.
reconsider	Consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing. I beg you to reconsider.
reflective	Providing a reflection; capable of reflecting light or other radiation. The reflective type.
reminisce	Recall the past. They reminisced about their summers abroad.
resonate	Be received or understood. The crystal resonates at 16 MHz.
ruminate	(of a ruminant) chew the cud. Goats ruminated nonchalantly around them.
speculate	To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. My colleagues speculate about my private life.
thoughtfulness	Consideration for the needs of other people. I am touched by your thoughtfulness.
wrongheaded	Obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion. A wrongheaded policy.