cogitation
/kɒdʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
The action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation: Sorry, did I interrupt your cogitation?...
- I'll do some cogitation and some preparation and some meditation also, and see if I can't come up with my own top five guilty pleasure songs.
- More important, though, were his continued and inspired cogitations on the confederation's beleaguered finances.
- What or how do animals think, if they think, and if they do not, then what shapes do their cogitations take?
Synonyms
thought, thinking, contemplation, consideration, mulling over, meditation, study, deliberation, pondering, reflection, rumination, musing, speculation, brooding, agonizing, worrying, puzzling
rare cerebration
- by no (or not by any) stretch of the imagination
- by numbers
- BYO
- BYOB
- BYOD
- BYOG
- by oneself
- by one's fingertips
- by (or at) someone's side
- by order
- by (or from) all accounts
- by (or in) leaps and bounds
- by (or in) virtue of
- by (or of) the name of
- by (or on) one's lonesome
- by (or on) request
- by (or through) the back door
- by (or with) your leave
- by ourselves
- by parol
- bypass
- bypath
- byplay
- bypoll
- by-product