cogitate
Mull it over
Cogitate means to think deeply or carefully about something, often with sustained concentration.
The word is formal and somewhat literary, suggesting deliberate mental effort rather than casual reflection: She cogitated on the problem for hours before reaching a decision.
To cogitate is to turn something over in the mind.
Think deeply about
- reflectReturn light or thought
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- ruminateThink deeply and repeatedly
muse · consider · meditate · brood · mull · speculate · reason · analyze
Picture in thought
- imagineForm mental pictures
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
- brainstormSpontaneous idea generation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
wonder · ideate · speculate · hypothesize · daydream · percolate · estimate · invent
Science of valid reasoning
- reasonBasis or justification
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
judgment · systematic · methodical · coherent · rationale · validity · argumentation · synthesis
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
existentialism · phenomenology · ethics · logic · syllogism · empiricism · stoicism · pragmatism
Examining one's own mind
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- self-questioningProbing one's own thoughts
self-analysis · self-inquiry · self-awareness · self-discovery · self-scrutiny · self-assessment · reflection · contemplation
ponder
Think deeply about
- reflectReturn light or thought
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
ruminate · muse · consider · meditate · brood · mull · speculate · reason · analyze · weigh
envision
Picture in thought
- imagineForm mental pictures
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
- brainstormSpontaneous idea generation
conjecture · wonder · ideate · speculate · hypothesize · daydream · percolate · estimate · invent · suppose
logic
Science of valid reasoning
inference · judgment · systematic · methodical · coherent · rationale · validity · argumentation · synthesis · abstraction
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
rationalism · existentialism · phenomenology · ethics · logic · syllogism · empiricism · stoicism · pragmatism · aesthetics
self-reflection
Examining one's own mind
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
self-questioning · self-analysis · self-inquiry · self-awareness · self-discovery · self-scrutiny · self-assessment · reflection · contemplation
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- deliberationdeliberation, consideration, ponder, contemplate, weighing
- chew overchew, ruminate, mull over, ponder, contemplate
- overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell
cogitatereact
Answer a stimulus
shoot from the hip · wing it · jump to conclusions · fly by the seat of one's pants · rush
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