cogitative
Given to pondering
Cogitative means given to or capable of deep thought.
The word is formal and uncommon, appearing mostly in philosophical or academic contexts: The cogitative faculty distinguishes humans from other animals.
Someone in a cogitative state is engaged in serious reflection or meditation.
Inclined to deep thought
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- introspectiveExamining one's own mind
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- musingReflective contemplation
pondering · rumination · brooding · soul-searching · deliberative · thoughtful · wistful · absorbed
Study of fundamental truths
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
dialectic · Socratic · Cartesian · rationalist · existential · hermeneutic · speculative · theoretical
Concerning thought and reason
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- academicRelating to education or theory
- brainyPossessing high intellect
learned · studious · bookish · highbrow · professorial · sagacious · sapient · wise
Drawing logical conclusions
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
- inductiveDeriving general from particular
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
methodical · critical · diagnostic · problem-solving · evaluative · scrutinizing · investigative · empirical
contemplative
Inclined to deep thought
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- introspectiveExamining one's own mind
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
musing · pondering · rumination · brooding · soul-searching · deliberative · thoughtful · wistful · absorbed · preoccupied
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
phenomenology · dialectic · Socratic · Cartesian · rationalist · existential · hermeneutic · speculative · theoretical · abstract
intellectual
Concerning thought and reason
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- academicRelating to education or theory
brainy · learned · studious · bookish · highbrow · professorial · sagacious · sapient · wise · knowledgeable
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
- inductiveDeriving general from particular
systematic · methodical · critical · diagnostic · problem-solving · evaluative · scrutinizing · investigative · empirical · rational
- thoughtfulconsiderate, mindful, attentive, reflective, pensive
cogitativethoughtless
Showing no consideration
unthinking · mindless · unreflective · impulsive · brainless
cogitativefrivolous
Not worthy of attention
silly · scatterbrained · featherbrained · flighty · flippant