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synonyms for reflective

  • contemplative
  • deliberate
  • meditative
  • studious
  • cogitating
  • pensive
  • pondering
  • reasoning
  • ruminative
  • speculative
On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reflective, such as: contemplative, deliberate, meditative, studious, cogitating, and pensive.

antonyms for reflective

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  • ignorant
  • unthoughtful
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How to use reflective in a sentence

It’s also possible that so-called cool pavements—which use reflective materials to avoid absorbing heat—could reduce the amount of pollutants that form from asphalt.
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That one of the biggest advertisers in Anheuser-Busch InBev is taking a keen interest in gaming is reflective of a broader view.
‘GAMING IS WHERE CULTURE IS BEING SET’: BUD LIGHT GETS SERIOUS ABOUT ESPORTSSEB JOSEPHSEPTEMBER 3, 2020DIGIDAY
Enjoy a lightweight cotton material and a silver reflective strip, perfect for late night outdoor exercise.
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Though they come out much more frequently than the monthly jobs report, weekly claims aren’t necessarily reflective of job losses as they’re happening.
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To record the snakes’ twists and turns, Yeaton, then at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, and colleagues stuck reflective tape on the snakes’ backs.
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Eruptions like Ilopango’s inject the stratosphere with reflective droplets of sulfuric acid that screen sunlight, cooling the climate.
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To me, those are much more reflective of effective treatment than whether or not somebody is totally abstinent from all drugs because some 12-step group says they have to be.
THE OPIOID TRAGEDY, PART 2: “IT’S NOT A DEATH SENTENCE” (EP. 403)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJANUARY 23, 2020FREAKONOMICS
He did not finish his sentence, but threw back his head with a sort of reflective laugh.
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
Am feeling a bit reflective, after all, thinking over what I have done; it has not been very much.
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The cousin was very much older than Alice, and both she and her mother were of a placid, reflective type.
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WORDS RELATED TO REFLECTIVE

  • contemplating
  • contemplative
  • deliberative
  • excogitative
  • meditating
  • meditative
  • probing
  • reasoning
  • reflective
  • ruminative
  • thinking
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.