Deliberates

Synonyms for "deliberates" (345 found)

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contemplated controvert cool counsel crawling creeping creeping like snail deal with deliberate over deliberate upon deliberated demur designed digest dilatory discourse discourse about discreet discuss discuss with

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Verb(2 words)

Adjective(8 words)

discreet guarded heedful heedy hesitant intentional meticulous mindful

Adjective(3 words)

intentional knowing measured

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on guard orderly overlooking no possibility paced painstaking palaver parley pass under review pause pawky perpend pitched planned play around with play with poking poky politic ponder ponder over

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powwow prearranged preconceived premeditated prepense projected proposed provident prudent pull back punctilious purposed purposive put heads together rap reason reason about reason the point reason with refer refer to reflect over regardful regular relaxed reluctant resolute retreat review revolve ruminate ruminate over run over safe sauntering schemed scruple scrupulous serene shilly shally shilly-shally shuffling shy sift sit down together sit down with slack slothful slow slow as death slow as molasses slow as slow slow to act slow-crawling slow-foot slow-going slow-legged slow-moving slow-paced slow-poky slow-running slow-sailing slow-stepped sluggish snail-paced snaillike special speculate staggering steady stick at stickle stop to consider straddle the fence strain strain at strolling studied studious study sure systematic take counsel take up take up with talk talk about talk of talk over teleological tentative think think about think over think twice think twice about thorough thought-out thresh out toddling tortoiselike tottering toy with treasury treat trudging turn over turtlelike unadventurous uncommunicative undaring unenterprising unfaltering unforced unhasty unhesitating unhurried unprecipitate unruffled ventilate voluntary waddling weigh willful willing withdraw witting yield

Adjective(20 words)

on purpose prudent purposeful purposive reckful safe sensible shy slow tentative thoughtful timid timorous volitational volitional voluntary wary well-advised wilful witting

Verb(4 words)

overthink stick synonyms: see thesaurus:ponder turn over

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