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
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “reflects” as a verb can have the following definitions:
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. |
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. |
The synonyms and related words of "Brag" are: blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a…
The synonyms and related words of "Pierce" are: thrust, make a hole in, penetrate, puncture,…
The synonyms and related words of "Weary" are: aweary, tired, tired out, exhausted, fatigued, overtired,…
The synonyms and related words of "Kick" are: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, give…
The synonyms and related words of "Useless" are: futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain,…
Want to describe something with adjectives that start with 'J'? Though they are not numerous,…