Synonyms of meditating

meditating

verb

present participle of meditate

1

as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to

I've been meditating a career change for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contemplating
• pondering
• studying
• debating
• considering
• entertaining
• questioning
• exploring
• weighing
• eying
• reviewing
• analyzing
• ruminating
• cogitating
• eyeing
• deliberating
• thinking (about or over)
• looking at
• wrestling (with)
• mulling (over)
• revolving
• chewing on
• poring (over)
• turning
• perpending
• digesting
• chewing over
• kicking around
• reminiscing
• reflecting (on or upon)
• beating one's brains out (about)
• reasoning
• cudgeling one's brains (about)
• believing
• musing (upon)
• concluding
• absorbing
• brooding (about or over)
• speculating (about)
• dwelling (on or upon)
• opining
• conceiving
• fretting (about or over)
• fixating (on or upon)
• obsessing (about or over)
• assimilating
• drinking (in)
• second-guessing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• overlooking
• rejecting
• dismissing
• slighting
• poohing
• pooh-poohing

2

as in planning

to have in mind as a purpose or goal

had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planning
• intending
• contemplating
• looking
• hoping
• trying
• going
• meaning
• aiming
• wishing
• proposing
• designing
• calculating
• purporting
• aspiring
• attempting
• dreaming
• purposing
• pondering
• allowing
• considering
• figuring on
• debating
• struggling
• striving
• plotting
• endeavoring
• accomplishing
• performing
• achieving
• executing
• effecting
• mulling (over)
• scheming