Work is drudgery if you don't think it's meditative.
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Meditative
Synonyms for "meditative" (152 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Adjective(6 words)
absentabsent-mindedabsentmindedabsorbedabsorbed inabstractedbemusedbroodingburied incastle-buildingcaught up incogitativecognitiveconcentratingconcentrativeconceptiveconceptualconceptualizedcontemplatingcontemplative
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Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (45)
deliberatingdeliberativedevoteddevoted todo nothingdo-nothingdormantdreamingdreamydrowsingecstaticelsewhereengagedengrossedengrossed inexcogitatingexcogitativefarawayhalf-awakehead over heels in
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ideativeidleimmersedimmersed inimmobilein a reveriein the cloudsinactiveinertintentintent onintrospectiveinvolvedlaissez fairelaissez-allerlaissez-fairelostlost inlost in thoughtmeditatingmental
Noun(1 words)
devotional object
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (76)
Adjective(9 words)
monomaniacalmonopolizedmooningmoonrakingmotionlessmusefulmusingnappingneuterneutralnoddingnoeticobliviousobsessedoccupiedparalyticparalyzedpassivepensivephilosophical
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pipe-dreamingponderingprehensivepreoccupiedprocrastinatingquiescentquietistquietisticraptreflectingreflectiveruminantruminatingruminativeserioussingle mindedsingle-mindedsobersomewhere elsespeculativestagnantstagnatingstandpatstargazingstaticstationarystudiousstudyingsubmerged inswept uptaken uptaken up withthinkingthoughtthoughtfultotally absorbedtransportedunconsciousvegetablevegetativewistfulwoolgatheringwrapped inwrapped in thoughtwrapped up in
Noun(2 words)
more reflectivezen
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
5 entriesbreathing exercisesconcentration trainingcontemplative moodmindfulness practicereflective stance
Collocations
6 entriesmeditative literaturemeditative posturemeditative practicemeditative readingmeditative statemeditative technique
Inflections
2 entriesmore meditativemost meditative
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Whenever there is no good video to watch, no good movie to see in the theatre, or no good book or magazine to read, I opt for Imaginary Visualization. I invent a setting in my mind and stay there for a while. It might be a meditative teahouse in orbit around a wayfaring gas giant planet, or something totally different.
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"They're like Nan, auntie's Australian woman boss in Thailand." "What do you mean?" "She thinks that Western Classical music is utterly superior to serene, meditative Eastern music." "Acquired tastes, dear!"
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Yoga is a meditative practice.
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