Another word for contemplate
contemplate
v.
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.
To consider
ponder, muse, speculate on, envision; see consider 3, think 1. See syn. study at consider.
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Another word for contemplate
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
MLA Style
"contemplate." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 12 August 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/conTEMPlate>.
APA Style
contemplate. (n.d.). Retrieved August 12th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/conTEMPlate
