ponders
Turns over mentally
Ponders is the third-person singular of ponder, meaning to think about something carefully and at length.
Where consider suggests weighing options and reflect suggests looking back, ponder implies deep, unhurried contemplation: She ponders the meaning of the poem.
He ponders whether to accept the offer.
Thinks about carefully
- weighsMeasures heaviness of
- deliberatesThinks carefully before deciding
- reflectsReturns light or image
- musesConsiders carefully; inspirational figures
cogitates · ruminates · meditates · mulls · broods · thinks · reasons · evaluates
Examining one's own mind
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
absorbed · reflective · soul-searching · quiet · solitary · tranquil · serene · mindful
State of perplexity
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- decisionSettled course of action
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
question · problem · choice · predicament · puzzle · impasse · deliberation · indecision
considers
Thinks about carefully
- weighsMeasures heaviness of
- deliberatesThinks carefully before deciding
- reflectsReturns light or image
muses · cogitates · ruminates · meditates · mulls · broods · thinks · reasons · evaluates · examines
introspective
Examining one's own mind
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
contemplative · absorbed · reflective · soul-searching · quiet · solitary · tranquil · serene · mindful · still
quandary
State of perplexity
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- decisionSettled course of action
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
conundrum · question · problem · choice · predicament · puzzle · impasse · deliberation · indecision · options
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- createscreates, invents, devises, designs, produces
pondersrushes
Moves very quickly
jumps to conclusions · shoots from the hip · snaps · blurts · leaps
ponder, pondering, ponderous, pondered, preponderance, ponderable, imponderable, ponderer, ponderers