mull over
Think it through
To mull over something is to think about it carefully and at length, turning it over in your mind before reaching a decision: I need to mull over the offer before I commit.
The phrase suggests unhurried, ruminative consideration rather than quick analysis.
Often shortened to just mull: Let me mull it for a few days.
Hatchlings as a group
- dwellInhabit a place
- obsessDwell on compulsively
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
- chew overConsider carefully, repeatedly
wrestle · agonize · fixate · worry · fret · overthink · linger · preoccupy
brood
Hatchlings as a group
chew over · wrestle · agonize · fixate · worry · fret · overthink · linger · preoccupy · gnaw
consider
Think about carefully
- weighDetermine mass or ponder
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
assess · analyze · reason · debate · judge · decide · appraise · reassess · measure · balance
introspect
Observe one's own mind
muse · contemplate · review · remember · revisit · process · digest · absorb · journal · soul-search
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, contemplate, pondering
- deliberationdeliberation, consideration, contemplate, weighing, deliberate
- Mind/Thought Idiomstrain of thought, food for thought, brainstorm, brain wave, think tank
- chew overchew, ruminate, contemplate, consider, cogitate
- overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell
- mindfulnessmindfulness, meditation, meditate, breathe, breath
mull oversnap judgment
Rapid evaluation without deliberation
jump to conclusions · shoot from the hip · rush to judgment · wing it · knee-jerk reaction