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mull over
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | mull over - reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"meditate, mull, muse, ponder, chew over, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplatecerebrate, cogitate, think - 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"premeditate - think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"theologise, theologize - make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjectsintrospect - reflect on one's own thoughts and feelingsbethink - consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament"cogitate - consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mindwonder, question - place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"puzzle - be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"consider, study - give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving" |
mull oververb ponder, consider, study, think about, examine, review, weigh, contemplate, reflect on, think over, muse on, meditate on, ruminate on, deliberate on, turn something over in your mind He had been mulling over the idea of making a movie.Translationsmull over
mull overTo ponder or consider something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "mull" and "over." I need some time to mull over the options before I pick one.See also: overmull something overto think about something; to ponder or worry about something. That's an interesting idea, but I'll have to mull it over. I'll mull over your suggestions and reply to you next week.See also: overmull overPonder, think about, as in She mulled over the offer for some time and then turned it down. [Late 1800s] See also: overmull over
Related to mull over: collide with, allow for, fill up, get behind, Reapply, sort outSynonyms for mull oververb ponderSynonyms- ponder
- consider
- study
- think about
- examine
- review
- weigh
- contemplate
- reflect on
- think over
- muse on
- meditate on
- ruminate on
- deliberate on
- turn something over in your mind
Synonyms for mull oververb reflect deeply on a subjectSynonyms- meditate
- mull
- muse
- ponder
- chew over
- think over
- excogitate
- reflect
- ruminate
- speculate
- contemplate
Related Words- cerebrate
- cogitate
- think
- premeditate
- theologise
- theologize
- introspect
- bethink
- wonder
- question
- puzzle
- consider
- study
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