Synonyms for "ruminated" (77 found)

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Closest matches (16)

chewchew overmeditateponderbe abstractedbitebroodbrood overchampchawchew cudchew the cudchew up

Verb(3 words)

agitatebethinkchew over

Strong matches (23)

chompchumpcon overconceiveconsidercontemplatecrunchcuddebatedeliberatedeliberate overdeliberate upondigestexcogitategnashgnawgrindgumintrospectmasticate

Verb(3 words)

contemplateexcogitatemeditate

Related words (38)

meditate uponmouthmull overmumblemunchmusemuse onmuse overnibbleoverperpendplay around withplay withponder overreflectreflect overrehashrevolverollruminate over

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run overscrunchspeculatestudythinkthink overtoy withturn overweigh

Verb(9 words)

mullmull overmuseor thesaurus:thinkoverthinkponderreflectspeculatethink over

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4 relation types

derived

1 entries

unruminated

form of

1 entries

ruminate

has context

1 entries

botany

related to

1 entries

ruminate

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He ruminated over his misfortunes.

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