Synonyms for contemplate
verb
To look at
regard, view, scan, inspect, examine, gaze at, notice, witness, pore over, peer, pry, behold, observe thoughtfully, study, scrutinize, survey, observe, look over,
audit, probe, penetrate, pierce; see also examine 1, see 1, witness.
Antonyms neglect, disregard*, slight.
To consider
ponder, muse, speculate on, envision; see consider 3, think 1. See syn. study at consider.
See contemplate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To direct the eyes on an object:
consider, eye, look, view. Idiom: clap (or lay) (or set) one's eyes on. See seeTo think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughtsTo have in mind as a goal or purpose:
aim, design, intend, mean1, plan, project, propose, purpose, target. (Regional) mind. See planned, purpose
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