Tom was probably pondering something.
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Pondering
Synonyms for "pondering" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Noun(9 words)
analytic thinkingchewingcogitatingcogitationcognitive reflectionconsiderconsiderationcontemplatingcontemplation
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (21)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(11 words)
contemplativedeliberatedeliberationhesitateitalian riflessionemeditatingmeditationsmeditativemetacognitionmullmull over
Verb(1 words)
cudgel the brain
Interjection(1 words)
Related words (35)
Noun(20 words)
mullingmusenoodlingponderreflectreflectionreflectivereflective processingruminantruminationruminationsruminativespeculatetheorizethoughtfulthoughtful considerationthoughtfulnesstoyingweighwondering
Adjective(5 words)
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More general
8 entriescognitioncognitive processcognitive statedecision makingdecision making processmental activitymental statetheoretical thinking
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18 entriesanalytical thinkingconsiderationcontemplationdeliberationhesitationindecisionmeditativemetacognitionmullingmusingphilosophizingreasoningreflectivereflective thinkingruminationruminative
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Collocations
10 entriesact of ponderingcareful ponderingdeep ponderingmeticulous ponderingperiod of ponderingpondering implicationsprolonged ponderingreflective ponderingsustained ponderingthoughtful pondering
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Futurologists have fun pondering about what is to come.
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I left Holmes seated in front of the smouldering fire, and long into the watches of the night I heard the low, melancholy wailings of his violin, and knew that he was still pondering over the strange problem which he had set himself to unravel.
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But good AEneas, pondering through the night / distracting thoughts and many an anxious care, / resolved, when daybreak brought the gladsome light, / to search the coast, and back sure tidings bear, / what land was this, what habitants were there, / if man or beast, for, far as the eye could rove, / a wilderness the region seemed, and bare.
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