nnoun.cognitiona calm, lengthy, intent considerationSynset:contemplation reflection reflexion rumination thoughtfulness
Derivationally Related Form:musethoughtfulruminatecontemplate
Hypernyms:consideration
Inherited Hypernyms:contemplationconsiderationthinkinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cogitationintrospectionmeditationretrospectself-contemplationself-examinationspeculationstudy
Full Hyponyms:cogitationexamenintrospectionlucubrationmeditationretrospectsoul-searching
vverb.cognitionreflect deeply on a subjectSynset:chew over contemplate excogitate meditate mull mull over muse ponder reflect ruminate speculate think over
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:musemuserruminatorruminativepondererspeculationcontemplativemeditationruminationspeculativemusingexcogitativemullercontemplationmeditativereflective
Hypernyms:cerebrate cogitate think
Inherited Hypernyms:chew overthink
Direct Hyponyms:bethinkcogitateconsiderintrospectpremeditatepuzzlequestionstudytheologisetheologizewonder
Full Troponyms:bethinkcogitatecomparefactorintrospectpremeditatepuzzlescruplestudytheologizewonder
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s something (apply to: chew over, think over)
adj satadj.alldeeply or seriously thoughtfulSynset:brooding broody contemplative meditative pensive pondering reflective ruminative
Examples:- Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
Antonyms:thoughtless
Derivationally Related Form:meditatecontemplatemeditativenessreflectivityreflectpensivenesscontemplativenessruminate
Inherited Hypernyms:brooding
Similar to:thoughtful