reflecting
Giving back light
Reflecting describes the act of throwing back light, heat, sound, or an image from a surface: The lake was reflecting the mountains.
It also means thinking carefully or contemplating: She sat reflecting on her choices.
The word works as both present participle and adjective: a reflecting pool, reflecting telescope.
Something reflecting well or poorly on someone affects their reputation accordingly.
Stand in for
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- expressState or fast train
- exemplifyRepresent through instance
- embodyExpress through physical form
personify · mirror · demonstrate · illustrate · reveal · convey · show · display
Reflective viewing surface
- gleamFaint reflected light
- shineEmit or reflect light
- glintBrief bright reflection
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
glisten · sparkle · luminous · glare · surface · glass · polished · silvered
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
self-analysis · mindfulness · self-discovery · self-questioning · self-scrutiny · journaling · meditation · inner
represent
Stand in for
embody · personify · mirror · demonstrate · illustrate · reveal · convey · show · display · indicate
mirror
Reflective viewing surface
shimmer · glisten · sparkle · luminous · glare · surface · glass · polished · silvered · prism
self-examination
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
introspection · self-analysis · mindfulness · self-discovery · self-questioning · self-scrutiny · journaling · meditation · inner · inward
reverberate
Echo repeatedly, persist
mirror · feedback · acoustics · sound · vibration · resonance · amplify · sonar · waveform · propagate
ponder
Think deeply about
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- considerThink about carefully
analyze · evaluate · ruminate · muse · cogitate · weigh · reason · assess · examine · speculate
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, illustrating
- thinking habitsoverthinking, rumination, catastrophizing, negative thinking, positive thinking
- mirroringcopying, mimicking, imitating, duplicating, replicating
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
reflectingabsorbing
Holding attention completely
nonreflecting · nonreflective · transmitting · matte · scattering
reflectingunreflecting
Lacking deliberate thought
unreflective · thoughtless · unthinking · ignoring · impulsive
reflectingdistorting
Misshaping or falsifying
misrepresenting · concealing · obscuring · hiding · masking
- reflective gearLight-returning safety apparel
- reflecting onThinking deeply about
- reflective thinkingExamining one's own mental processes
- self reflectionExamining one's own thoughts
- reflecting poolShallow ornamental water feature
- quiet reflectionSilent, thoughtful self-examination