Synonyms for reflect
verb
To contemplate
speculate, muse, ponder, consider; see consider 3, think 1.
To throw back
echo, reecho, repeat, match, take after, return, resonate, reverberate, resound, copy, reproduce, reply, repercuss, be resonant, emulate, imitate, follow, catch, rebound; see also bounce 1, sound 1.
To throw back an image
mirror, shine, reproduce, show up on, flash, glare, give back, cast back, return, give forth.
To make apparent
show, indicate, reveal, exhibit; see display 1.
To bring discredit
cast blame on, dishonor, disgrace; see depreciate 2, disgrace.
See reflect in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To send back the sound of:
echo, rebound, reecho, repeat, resound, reverberate. See soundsTo send back or form an image of:
image, mirror. See showTo copy (another) slavishly:
echo, image, imitate, mimic, mirror, parrot, repeat. See sameTo think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, 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 use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments:
cerebrate, cogitate, deliberate, ratiocinate, speculate, think. Idioms: put on one's thinking cap, use one's head. See thoughts
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