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See definition of contemplate on Dictionary.com
  • verbthink about seriously; plan
  • verbgaze at

synonyms for contemplate

  • aim
  • consider
  • envisage
  • foresee
  • intend
  • mean
  • mull over
  • ponder
  • propose
  • think of
  • weigh
  • deliberate
  • design
  • excogitate
  • expect
  • mind
  • observe
  • percolate
  • purpose
  • ruminate
  • speculate
  • study
  • aspire to
  • brood over
  • chew over
  • cool out
  • kick around
  • meditate on
  • muse over
  • perpend
  • reflect upon
  • size up
  • take in
See also synonyms for: contemplated / contemplates / contemplating
On this page you'll find 154 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to contemplate, such as: aim, consider, envisage, foresee, intend, and mean.

antonyms for contemplate

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  • forget
  • ignore
  • neglect
  • reject
  • disregard
  • discard
  • look away
  • scorn
  • slight
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How to use contemplate in a sentence

Mom and Barbara would later become fast friends and political allies, and they are who I have in my heart as we contemplate this bittersweet centennial.
MELINDA GATES, AI-JEN POO, AND 9 MORE WOMEN ON WHAT THE 19TH AMENDMENT’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEANS TO THEMEHINCHLIFFEAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNE
No one in the EU is contemplating an association agreement with Belarus.
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT BELARUSTRACY MORANAUGUST 17, 2020OZY
ChilledCow’s soft hip-hop jams are just what you need to keep you mellow while studying, running errands or lying on the floor contemplating eternity.
THIS WEEKEND: MIX YOUR COFFEE WITH … LEMONADE?FIONA ZUBLINAUGUST 14, 2020OZY
The normalcy I used to feel within the campus “bubble” no longer exists, and I’ve been forced to contemplate what kind of world I may be graduating into next year.
COME COVID OR HIGH WATER, COLLEGE IS … HAPPENING?JOY NESBITTAUGUST 9, 2020OZY
By contemplating the end times, we can refine our understanding of the universe, but we can’t change its fate.
‘THE END OF EVERYTHING’ EXPLORES THE WAYS THE UNIVERSE COULD PERISHEMILY CONOVERAUGUST 4, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
“If there’s an infraction and a subsequent enforcement action is contemplated, I would think that should trigger an automatic capture of any evidence and in my mind, the body camera footage is evidence,” Gennaco said.
MTS PURGED BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE BEFORE MAN’S ATTORNEY COULD ACCESS ITLISA HALVERSTADTJULY 21, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The working man was incited to contemplate the beauty of the night's rest that followed on the exhaustion of the day.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
One step might spoil everything and lead to an exposure, the consequences of which were altogether too terrible to contemplate.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE
And when we contemplate aright the exercise as sanctioned by the procedure of God, how distinctly are these brought before us!
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAM
It seemed that even the country gentlemen must begin to contemplate the probability of an alarming crisis.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
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WORDS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATE

  • address
  • angle
  • aspire
  • attempt
  • cast
  • concentrate
  • contemplate
  • covet
  • design
  • direct
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • fix
  • focus
  • intend
  • level
  • mean
  • plan
  • propose
  • purpose
  • set one's sights on
  • sight
  • slant
  • steer
  • strive
  • target
  • train
  • try
  • want
  • wish
  • zero in on
  • zoom in
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