meditate
verb
intransitive verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- chew over
- cogitate
- consider
- contemplate
- debate
- deliberate
- entertain
- eye
- kick around
- mull (over)
- perpend
- ponder
- pore (over)
- question
- revolve
- ruminate
- study
- think (about or over)
- turn
- weigh
- wrestle (with)
Example Sentences
New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Some kids meditate on yoga mats, while others do art, read positive affirmation books or sit on a cushion and squeeze a stress ball. Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022 Smith began to meditate, to literally listen for ancestors’ answers to her questions new, old, and urgent. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Farkas believes the pleasing sensory stimuli of his app could also encourage many people who wouldn’t otherwise meditate to give it a try. Matt Fuchs, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 Go to the gym, take long walks, work, do yoga, lift weights, meditate and go to the doctor, dentists and other relevant medical professionals regularly to be proactive. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 13 May 2022 And a few months before the ruling, in Kentucky, a Republican lawmaker and a Lexington rabbi teamed up on a bill requiring public-school students to silently pray, meditate or reflect in class. Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022 Organize a physical event teaching people to relax and meditate and be together. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Of course, learning how to meditate and practice mindfulness takes some practice, but the benefits are innumerable, both for yourself and for those around you. Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 6 May 2022 See More Word History
Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari, frequentative of medēri to remedy — more at medical
1560, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Phrases Containing meditate
Kids Definition
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- contemplate
- ponder
- study
- entertain
- debate
- consider
- ruminate
- explore
- question
- cogitate
- analyze
- weigh
- eye
- review
- deliberate
- perpend
- chew on
- chew over
- revolve
- look at
- digest
- mull (over)
- turn
- wrestle (with)
- kick around
- pore (over)
- reminisce
- think (about or over)
- reason
- beat one's brains out (about)
- cudgel one's brains (about)
- believe
- absorb
- opine
- conclude
- conceive
- assimilate
- muse (upon)
- reflect (on or upon)
- dwell (on or upon)
- brood (about or over)
- second-guess
- fixate (on or upon)
- fret (about or over)
- speculate (about)
- obsess (about or over)
- drink (in)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignore
- disregard
- overlook
- slight
- dismiss
- reject
- pooh
- pooh-pooh
Synonyms & Similar Words
- plan
- intend
- contemplate
- go
- hope
- try
- aim
- wish
- look
- mean
- propose
- purpose
- design
- aspire
- calculate
- purport
- attempt
- allow
- ponder
- figure on
- dream
- consider
- struggle
- strive
- debate
- accomplish
- effect
- endeavor
- achieve
- plot
- mull (over)
- execute
- perform
- scheme
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of meditate are muse, ponder, and ruminate. While all these words mean "to consider or examine attentively or deliberately," meditate implies a definite focusing of one's thoughts on something so as to understand it deeply.
The meanings of muse and meditate largely overlap; however, muse suggests a more or less focused daydreaming as in remembrance.
The words ponder and meditate can be used in similar contexts, but ponder implies a careful weighing of a problem or, often, prolonged inconclusive thinking about a matter.
In some situations, the words ruminate and meditate are roughly equivalent. However, ruminate implies going over the same matter in one's thoughts again and again but suggests little of either purposive thinking or rapt absorption.