Definitions

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

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ignorant unthoughtful

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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

STRONGEST

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

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bright gleaming glistening lustrous polished silky sleek slick

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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

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echoing emulating following matching paralleling

ADJECTIVE

imitative

Synonyms

STRONG

counterfeit echoic onomatopoeic

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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

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contemplative dreamy sober thoughtful wistful

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absorbed abstracted attentive cogitative grave musing pondering preoccupied reflective ruminating ruminative serious speculative thinking withdrawn

Antonyms

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negligent uncaring

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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

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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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But beyond the political and symbolic controversies, there are already doubts over whether the Reflecting Pool will be fixed.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The group placed three old-school arcade-style games inside the Neoclassical DC War Memorial, which is located near the Reflecting Pool in Ash Woods and resembles a domed, open-air bandstand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Reflecting his own abiding interests, Frederick wanted to turn Brandenburg-Prussia into a “kingdom of the Enlightenment,” characterized by religious tolerance and patronage of the arts and sciences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Reflecting on the experience, Frankie said: "Honestly, I didn't know if the heart could take it any more, it was one of the greatest moments I'll always remember."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Reflecting back the sun deep in the darkness like a flash of knives in a cave.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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