Synonyms of perpending

perpending

verb

present participle of perpend

as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to

spent the long weekend perpending what he wanted to do with his life

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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