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reflecting

[ri-flek-ting] / rɪˈflɛk tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
contemplative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
introspective meditative pensive reflective thoughtful
STRONG
intent lost musing thinking
WEAK
attentive cogitative in brown study pondering rapt ruminative speculative
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant unthoughtful
WEAK
disdainful disregarding negligent rejecting scornful shallow unreflective
ADJECTIVE
gleaming
Synonyms
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bright burnished glassy glazed glistening lustrous polished shining shiny sleek
STRONG
slick smooth
WEAK
brilliant silken silky
Antonyms
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dark dull gloomy rough
STRONG
coarse
ADJECTIVE
glistening
Synonyms
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bright burnished glassy glazed gleaming lustrous polished shining shiny silky sleek
STRONG
slick smooth
WEAK
brilliant silken
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dark dull gloomy rough
STRONG
coarse
ADJECTIVE
glossy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright gleaming glistening lustrous polished silky sleek slick
STRONG
smooth
WEAK
brilliant burnished chatoyant glassy glazed silken
Antonyms
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dark dull rough stupid unintelligent unpolished
WEAK
drab mate muted
ADJECTIVE
imitating
Synonyms
STRONG
echoing emulating following matching paralleling
ADJECTIVE
imitative
Synonyms
STRONG
counterfeit echoic onomatopoeic
WEAK
artful copied copycat copying deceptive derivative emulative emulous following forged mimetic mimic mimicking mock parrot plagiarized pseudo put on reflective secondhand sham simulant
Antonyms
WEAK
different genuine original
ADJECTIVE
pensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contemplative dreamy sober thoughtful wistful
WEAK
absorbed abstracted attentive cogitative grave musing pondering preoccupied reflective ruminating ruminative serious speculative thinking withdrawn
Antonyms
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negligent uncaring
WEAK
ignorant shallow
ADJECTIVE
ruminative
Synonyms
WEAK
absorbed analytical attentive brainy calculating cerebral cogitative contemplative deep deliberative discerning earnest engrossed excogitative farsighted grave in a brown study intellectual intent keen levelheaded logical lost in thought meditative melancholy museful musing pensive philosophic pondering preoccupied rapt rational reasonable reasoning reflective retrospective serious sober speculative studious subjective thinking wise wistful
ADJECTIVE
thoughtful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analytical attentive cerebral earnest melancholy pensive rational reasonable reflective serious sober studious wise
WEAK
absorbed brainy calculating cogitative deep deliberative discerning engrossed farsighted grave intellectual intent keen levelheaded logical lost in thought meditative museful musing philosophic pondering preoccupied rapt reasoning retrospective ruminative subjective thinking wistful
Antonyms
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flippant happy ignorant inattentive irrational stupid trivial unimportant unreasonable unserious unthoughtful
WEAK
careless heedless idiotic inconsiderate negligent obtuse remiss thoughtless uncaring unmindful
NOUN
abstraction
Synonyms
STRONG
absorption aloofness brooding cogitation consideration contemplation daydreaming detachment engrossment entrancement musing pensiveness preoccupation reflection remoteness reverie thinking trance
WEAK
pondering ruminating
Antonyms
STRONG
disdain disregard ignorance neglect

Example Sentences

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Eighty-five years on, a new play at the Sanctuary Theatre in east Belfast is reflecting on the devastating raids.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Even as other sectors like semiconductors powered ahead, software largely remained stuck in a downtrend, reflecting just how out of favor the group had become.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

This creates conditions similar to a controlled laboratory population while still reflecting real-world environments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

“We are a mirror reflecting you. And if you like what you see, then just look a little deeper. This is you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

In a reflecting telescope the image is magnified by a curved mirror, while in a refracting telescope it is magnified by passing through a lens.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton