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See definition of cogitating on Dictionary.com
  • as inreflective
  • as inconception

synonyms for cogitating

  • contemplative
  • deliberate
  • meditative
  • studious
  • pensive
  • pondering
  • reasoning
  • ruminative
  • speculative
On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cogitating, such as: contemplative, deliberate, meditative, studious, pensive, and pondering.

antonyms for cogitating

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  • ignorant
  • unthoughtful
  • concrete
  • fact
  • ignorance
  • misunderstanding
  • reality
  • truth
  • abortion
  • being
  • death
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How to use cogitating in a sentence

That afternoon, the papers having been signed and the deal consummated, Scattergood sat cogitating.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND
But old Roland who had been listening and cogitating, suddenly hit upon the most probable solution.
THE WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT, VOLUME VIII.GUY DE MAUPASSANT
He then commenced cogitating how he would act, should Bruin have the hardihood to face him in the daytime.
WILD WESTERN SCENESJOHN BEAUCHAMP JONES
I was staring at the picture, cogitating what insulting message I could write on it, when I heard the woman's voice again.
THE LITTLE WHITE BIRDJ. M. BARRIE
Might I not at that very instant have been cogitating on the characters of Saturn and Ops?
KEATSSIDNEY COLVIN
Might I not at 315 that very instant have been cogitating on the characters of Saturn and Ops?
LIFE OF JOHN KEATSSIDNEY COLVIN
All eyes in a moment were riveted upon him, as, with his head resting on his hands, he was manifestly cogitating a new idea.
OFF ON A COMETJULES VERNE
Then Elizabeth dreamily—still cogitating a hundred things—touched an electric bell.
ELIZABETH'S CAMPAIGNMRS. HUMPHREY WARD
She suspected a pitying quality in the cogitating look that the general bent upon Gavan.
THE SHADOW OF LIFEANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK
Cogitating this thought, Darwin gained a new insight into the processes of nature.
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, VOLUME 4(OF 5)HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS
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