contemplate

• "observe deep in thought"
• "contemplate one's navel"

• "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"

• "He is meditating in his study"

Synonyms

• studyconsider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; be a student; give careful consideration to; be a student of a certain subject; learn by reading books; think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; a detailed critical inspection ; applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; a state of deep mental absorption; a room used for reading and writing and studying; a branch of knowledge; preliminary drawing for later elaboration; attentive consideration and meditation; someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play); a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
• meditatereflect deeply on a subject; think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• "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"

Synonyms

• chew overreflect deeply on a subject
• think overreflect deeply on a subject
• meditatereflect deeply on a subject; think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
• ponderreflect deeply on a subject
• excogitatecome up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; reflect deeply on a subject
• musein ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; the source of an artist's inspiration; reflect deeply on a subject
• reflectmanifest or bring back; reflect deeply on a subject; to throw or bend back (from a surface); be bright by reflecting or casting light; show an image of; give evidence of a certain behavior; give evidence of the quality of
• mulla term used in Scottish names of promontories; an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides ; reflect deeply on a subject; heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
• mull overreflect deeply on a subject
• ruminatechew the cuds; reflect deeply on a subject
• speculateto believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; reflect deeply on a subject; invest at a risk