Definitions

thought-out

[thawt-out] / ˈθɔtˈaʊt /

ADJECTIVE

deliberate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful

STRONG

advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned pondered prearranged predetermined projected purposed reasoned resolved schemed studied weighed

WEAK

aforethought cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate prepense provident purposive scrupulous voluntary wary with forethought witting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful

STRONG

indefinite unplanned

WEAK

chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting

ADJECTIVE

premeditated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculated conscious deliberate intentional willful

STRONG

advised considered contrived designed fixed purposed rigged studied

WEAK

aforethought framed up laid-out prepense set-up sewn-up stacked deck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unintentional

STRONG

unplanned

WEAK

accidental casual spontaneous

ADJECTIVE

reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clear-cut consistent credible judicious justifiable logical plausible rational reasoned sane sensible sober thoughtful wise

WEAK

advisable all there arguable believable cerebral cognitive commonsensical conscious consequent cool in one's right mind levelheaded perceiving percipient ratiocinative reasoning reflective sound tenable together tolerant unbiased unprejudiced well-advised

Antonyms

STRONGEST

foolish idiotic implausible improbable irrational senseless stupid thoughtless unbelievable unlikely unrealistic unreasonable unsound unwise

WEAK

expensive impractical intolerable nonsensical outrageous

ADJECTIVE

studied

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculated considered designed planned prepared thoughtful

STRONG

advised affected deliberate examined investigated plotted premeditated reviewed willing

WEAK

aforethought conscious gone into prepense purposeful studious thought-about thought-through voluntary well-considered willful

Antonyms

WEAK

natural spontaneous unintentional unplanned

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It all sounds very thought-out, logical and empathetic, down to the meticulous way you break down your choices.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Apple’s version of consumer technology provides a carefully thought-out bundle.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The pervasive promotions during Breast Cancer Awareness Month can re-traumatize survivors when they’re not well thought-out, according to Vizzoni.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

As tight as a well thought-out jam-session,”Dead Outlaw” also recalls “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” the Michael Friedman-Alex Timbers musical that created a satiric historical rock show around a most problematic president.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

It has the orderly, stepwise look of a well thought-out business.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

thought-out

Example Sentences

Related Words