Another word for pensive
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Adjective
Of, characterized by, or disposed to thought
- Given to careful thought; reflective:
- Engrossed in thought:
- Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought:
- The act or practice of one that thinks; thought.
- A way of reasoning; judgment:
- Characterized by thought or thoughtfulness; rational:
- Given to, characterized by, or based upon speculation or conjecture:
- Expressing inquisitive interest:
- Engaging in, given to, or involving financial speculation:
- Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful.
- Of, relating to, produced by, or resulting from reflection.
- Capable of or producing reflection:
- Characterized by or given to serious thinking or contemplation; thoughtful.
- Characterized by or given to meditation.
- Assembled or organized for deliberation or debate:
- Characterized by or for use in deliberation or debate.
- Disposed to or characterized by contemplation.
- A person given to contemplation.
- A member of a religious order that emphasizes meditation.
- Of or relating to cogitation.
- Inclined to or capable of cogitation.
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Another word for pensive
Modifier
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- Absorbed in thought; engrossed.
- Excessively concerned with something; distracted.
- Formerly or already occupied.
- Removed or separated from something else:
- Not engaged with what is going on around one; withdrawn or preoccupied.
- Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom.
- Pensive reflection or contemplation.
- Black bile.
- Full of melancholy longing or wishful yearning:
- Expressing sadness or yearning:
- Resembling a dream; ethereal or vague.
- Given to daydreams or reverie.
- Soothing and serene.
- Deep in thought; contemplative.
- Contemplation; meditation.
- A product of contemplation; a thought:
- Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
- Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
- Intended for sophisticated people.
- Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful.
- Given to careful thought; reflective:
- Engrossed in thought:
- Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought:
- Of, relating to, produced by, or resulting from reflection.
- Capable of or producing reflection:
- Characterized by or given to serious thinking or contemplation; thoughtful.
- Disposed to or characterized by contemplation.
- A person given to contemplation.
- A member of a religious order that emphasizes meditation.
- Characterized by or given to meditation.
- Present participle of ruminate.
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Synonym Study
- Meditative implies a quiet and sustained musing, without necessarily having a definite intention of understanding or reaching a conclusion a meditative walk in the cloister
- Reflective suggests an orderly, often analytical turning over in the mind, as of past events, usually with the aim of reaching some definite understanding after a reflective pause he answered
- Contemplative implies intent concentration of thought, as on some abstract matter, often connoting this as a habitual practice a contemplative scholar
- Pensive suggests a dreamy, often somewhat sad or melancholy concentration of thought the pensive look in her eye
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