Word Type

Verb

The word "cogitating" can be used as a verb.

Word Relationships

Causes

decision enlightenment figuring things out getting answer headache headaches increase in synaptic firing making other people feel dumb new thoughts reaching conclusion thought well considered solution

Inflected/Variant Forms

cogitate

Prerequisites

being able to think brain energy few moments mental faculties for handling ponderous profundities reason thought thoughtfulness

Subevents

come up with idea coming up with idea creativity enjoy form suspicion get idea might understand new idea formed obtain insight reaching epiphany scratch head scratching head sit comfortably think about things

Used For

deciding things figuring things out going over ponderosities making sense of information meditation on what one has learned mulling over what one has heard planning pondering portraying indecision as deep thought putting two and two together thinkers thinking thinking about things thinking things over trying to solve thorny problem using mind working over possibilities

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.