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thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

cogitative

adj. given to cogitation; "he looked at me with cogitative eyes"

reasoning, rational

adj. endowed with the capacity to reason

contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, meditation, rumination, musing

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

examination, examen

n. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

calculation, deliberation

n. planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"

regard, attentiveness, heed, paying attention

n. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

speculation, theorization

n. the production or use of theories

conviction, strong belief

n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

feeling, impression, notion, belief

n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

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

considered, reasoned, well thought out

adj. resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought out"

deliberate

adj. marked by careful consideration or reflection; "a deliberate decision"

deliberative

adj. involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination; "a deliberative body"

agile, nimble

adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"

sharp, alert, quick-witted

adj. mentally responsive; "an alert mind"

apprehensive, discerning, perceptive

adj. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

quick, apt, clever

adj. mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

brilliant, brainy, smart as a whip

adj. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"

smart, bright

adj. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

prehensile, insightful

adj. having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch

keen, trenchant, searching

adj. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"

scintillating

adj. brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"

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