cogitate
verb
transitive verb
intransitive verb
Synonyms
- chew over
- consider
- contemplate
- debate
- deliberate
- entertain
- eye
- kick around
- meditate
- mull (over)
- perpend
- ponder
- pore (over)
- question
- revolve
- ruminate
- study
- think (about or over)
- turn
- weigh
- wrestle (with)
Example Sentences
John Horgan, Scientific American, 16 June 2021 As his characters cogitate and self-medicate, scheme and philosophize, his subject is less the content of their thoughts than the mind contemplating itself. Washington Post, 11 June 2021 Jermaine uncovers America's obsession with capitalism and its cogitating impact on his everyday decision making, as well as those around him. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2018 Penrose believes that Hawking's condition has forced him to work more creatively, to take imaginative leaps where someone with a less uncertain future might want to cogitate a little longer. Jerry Adler, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018 But Long, one of the revelers, (Ensemble regular James Rankin, always terrific) has been cogitating, too -- about their lot in life. Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 9 Dec. 2017 But their arguments sustain this 95-minute, intermissionless play and send us away cogitating. By Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 21 Sep. 2017 See More Word History
Latin cogitatus, past participle of cogitare to think, think about, from co- + agitare to drive, agitate
1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Kids Definition
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- ponder
- contemplate
- debate
- entertain
- consider
- study
- ruminate
- question
- weigh
- eye
- explore
- analyze
- meditate
- review
- deliberate
- perpend
- look at
- chew on
- chew over
- revolve
- digest
- turn
- kick around
- reminisce
- opine
- mull (over)
- beat one's brains out (about)
- reason
- think (about or over)
- wrestle (with)
- cudgel one's brains (about)
- conclude
- pore (over)
- believe
- conceive
- absorb
- assimilate
- muse (upon)
- reflect (on or upon)
- second-guess
- speculate (about)
- fixate (on or upon)
- dwell (on or upon)
- fret (about or over)
- obsess (about or over)
- brood (about or over)
- drink (in)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignore
- disregard
- overlook
- slight
- dismiss
- reject
- pooh-pooh
- pooh
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of cogitate are deliberate, reason, reflect, speculate, and think. While all these words mean "to use one's powers of conception, judgment, or inference," cogitate implies deep or intent thinking.
The words deliberate and cogitate can be used in similar contexts, but deliberate suggests slow or careful reasoning before forming an opinion or reaching a conclusion or decision.
Although the words reason and cogitate have much in common, reason stresses consecutive logical thinking.
In some situations, the words reflect and cogitate are roughly equivalent. However, reflect suggests unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind.
While in some cases nearly identical to cogitate, speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic.
The words think and cogitate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, think is general and may apply to any mental activity, but used alone often suggests attainment of clear ideas or conclusions.