Nouns (0)
Verbs (6)
cogitate
v. think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
debate
v. discuss the pros and cons of an issue
debate, consider, moot, turn over
v. think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (9)
deliberate
adj. marked by careful consideration or reflection; "a deliberate decision"
careful, measured
adj. with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
calculated, measured
adj. carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
knowing, intentional, willful, wilful
adj. by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
Fuzzynyms (43)
think, cogitate, cerebrate
v. use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
reason, think logically
v. think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
discourse, converse
v. carry on a conversation
parley
v. discuss, as between enemies
work, cover, handle, plow, address, treat, deal with, deal in
v. deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
conscious, witting
adj. intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"
knowing, deliberate, intentional, willful, wilful
adj. by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
planned
adj. designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"
predetermined, prearranged
adj. planned beforehand; "a prearranged signal"
planned
adj. designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"
premeditated
adj. characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; "a premeditated crime"
express
adj. not tacit or implied; "her express wish"
deliberate, calculated, measured
adj. carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
designed, studied
adj. carefully practiced or designed or premeditated; "a studied reply"
sharp, astute, shrewd
adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
resourceful
adj. having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"
predetermined, prearranged
adj. planned beforehand; "a prearranged signal"
wanton, motiveless, unprovoked
adj. occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
Synonyms (34)
preoccupied, bemused, deep in thought, lost in thought
adj. deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
broody, musing, brooding, reflective, pensive, contemplative, meditative, pondering, ruminative
adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful
thinking, cogitative
adj. given to cogitation; "he looked at me with cogitative eyes"
considered, reasoned, well thought out
adj. resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought out"
deliberative
adj. involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination; "a deliberative body"
easy, easygoing, leisurely
adj. not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"
slow
adj. with less than usual speed or velocity
planned, aforethought, plotted
adj. planned in advance; "with malice aforethought"
designed, studied
adj. carefully practiced or designed or premeditated; "a studied reply"
conscious, witting
adj. intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"
supposed
adj. designed to; "medication that is supposed to relieve pain"; "what's that gadget supposed to do?"
well-meaning, well-intentioned, well-meant
adj. marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism"
Antonyms (11)
chance, casual, accidental
adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
unexpected
adj. not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"
chance, casual, accidental
adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
fortuitous, causeless, uncaused
adj. having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
unexpected
adj. not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"
deliberate
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