Reflection

//ɹɪˈflɛkʃən//

Synonyms for "reflection" (362 found)

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Closest matches (73)

Strong matches (108)

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Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

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at location

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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Translations

166 translations across 60 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • weerkaatsing noun (property of a propagated wave)

Ajië

1 entries
  • koomèè noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Albanian

2 entries
  • pasqyrim noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • reflektim noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔμφασις noun (something that is reflected)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِنْعِكَاس noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • عَكْس noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Armenian

1 entries
  • արտացոլում noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • inʼikas noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • əks noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • адбіццё noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • адлюстрава́нне noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • образ noun (something that is reflected)
  • отражение noun (property of a propagated wave)
  • отражение noun (something that is reflected)
  • отразяване noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Catalan

4 entries
  • reflex noun (something that is reflected)
  • reflexió noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • reflexió noun (property of a propagated wave)
  • reflexió noun (careful thought or consideration)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 反射 noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • 反映 noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • 映像 noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Czech

4 entries
  • odraz noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • odraz noun (something that is reflected)
  • reflexe noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • úvaha noun (careful thought or consideration)

Danish

3 entries
  • afspejling noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • refleksion noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • refleksion noun (careful thought or consideration)

Dutch

3 entries
  • reflectie noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • weerbeeld noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • weerspiegeling noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • konsidero noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • pripensado noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • reflektaĵo noun (something that is reflected)
  • reflekto noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Estonian

1 entries
  • peegeldus noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Finnish

4 entries
  • harkinta noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • heijastuminen noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • peilaantuminen noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • peilaantuminen noun (property of a propagated wave)

French

2 entries
  • reflet noun (something that is reflected)
  • réflexion noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Galician

2 entries
  • reflexión noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • reflexo noun (something that is reflected)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ანარეკლი noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

German

4 entries
  • Abbild noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • Abwägung noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • Reflektion noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • Reflektion noun (property of a propagated wave)

Greek

1 entries
  • αντανάκλαση noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • השתקפות noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Hindi

4 entries
  • परावर्तन noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • परावर्तन noun (property of a propagated wave)
  • प्रतिबिंब noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • प्रतिबिंब noun (something that is reflected)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • gondolkodás noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • megfontolás noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • tükröződés noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • tükörkép noun (something that is reflected)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bayangan noun (property of a propagated wave)
  • cerminan noun (something that is reflected)
  • pantulan noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • refleksi noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Irish

3 entries
  • athmhachnamh noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • frithchaitheamh noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • scáil noun (something that is reflected)

Italian

3 entries
  • riflessione noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • riflesso noun (something that is reflected)
  • riverbero noun (something that is reflected)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 反射 noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • 反映 noun (something that is reflected)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • кескін noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • шағылысу noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Korean

1 entries
  • 반사 noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Lower Tanana

1 entries
  • yik noun (something that is reflected)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • одраз noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • размислување noun (careful thought or consideration)

Malagasy

3 entries
  • fieritreretana noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • fitarafana noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • fitaratra noun (something that is reflected)

Malay

3 entries
  • pantulan noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • pantulan noun (something that is reflected)
  • pemantulan noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പ്രതിഫലനം noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • പ്രതിബിംബം noun (something that is reflected)

Māori

4 entries
  • whakaaroarohanga noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • whakaata noun (something that is reflected)
  • whakaatanga noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • whakaatanga noun (property of a propagated wave)

Navajo

1 entries
  • nabíkʼítsídzíłkees noun (careful thought or consideration)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • refleksjon noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Persian

4 entries
  • انعکاس noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • بازتاب noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • عکس noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • فرتور noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Bedenkjen noun (careful thought or consideration)

Polish

4 entries
  • odbicie noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • odbicie noun (property of a propagated wave)
  • odbicie noun (something that is reflected)
  • refleks noun (property of a propagated wave)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • reflexo noun (something that is reflected)
  • reflexão noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • reflexão noun (careful thought or consideration)

Romanian

3 entries
  • reflectare noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • reflecție noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • reflexie noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Russian

4 entries
  • отраже́ние noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • отраже́ние noun (property of a propagated wave)
  • отраже́ние noun (something that is reflected)
  • размышле́ние noun (careful thought or consideration)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • ध्यान noun (careful thought or consideration)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • faileas noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • faileas noun (something that is reflected)
  • sgàile noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • sgàile noun (something that is reflected)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • odbles noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • odblesak noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • ȍdrāz noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • ȍdsjāj noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Slovak

1 entries
  • odraz noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Slovene

2 entries
  • odboj noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • odraz noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Spanish

2 entries
  • reflejo noun (something that is reflected)
  • reflexión noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Swedish

3 entries
  • reflexion noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • åter­kastning noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • åter­spegling noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • sabalik noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • sabalik noun (property of a propagated wave)

Tajik

2 entries
  • акс noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • инъикос noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Thai

1 entries
  • การสะท้อน noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Turkish

3 entries
  • yansıma noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • yansıma noun (property of a propagated wave)
  • yansıma noun (something that is reflected)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • відбиття́ noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • відобра́ження noun (representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait)
  • міркува́ння noun (careful thought or consideration)
  • ро́здумів noun (careful thought or consideration)

Urdu

2 entries
  • انعکاس noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)
  • عکس noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • aks noun (act of reflecting; the state of being reflected)

Welsh

2 entries
  • adlewyrchiad noun (something that is reflected)
  • myfyrdod noun (careful thought or consideration)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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A week's reflection led to a new plan.

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After mature reflection, I've decided to accept their offer.

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What is shown on television is, as it were, a reflection of what society is like.

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We could see the reflection of the mountains in the lake.

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