Another word for thinking

thinking
modif.
rational, reasoning, reasonable, pensive, introspective, reflective, meditative, speculative, studious, deliberating, contemplative, absorbed, engrossed, intent on, ruminating, cerebrating; see also thoughtful 1.
Antonyms stupid*, vacuous, irrational.
thinking
n.
thought, reasoning, reason, cogitation, ideation, rationalization, contemplation, rumination, reflection, speculation, cerebration, deliberation, study, meditation, abstraction, musing, self-absorption, introspection, retrospection, intellectual perception, noodling*, tall headwork*.
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Another word for thinking

Of, characterized by, or disposed to thought:
cogitative, contemplative, deliberative, excogitative, meditative, pensive, reflective, ruminative, speculative, thoughtful. Idiom: in a brown study. See thoughts
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"thinking." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 11 February 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/THINKING>.
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thinking. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/THINKING