ponder
Plural: ponders
Verb
Verb Forms: pondered, pondering, ponders
- To think about something deeply and thoroughly; to muse.
- reflect deeply on a subject
- To wonder, think of deeply.
- To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
- To weigh.
Noun
- A period of deep thought.
Examples
- He began to ponder his next move, hoping a moment of deep thought would reveal a hidden gem.
- I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
- I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.
Synonyms
chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over, afterthink, agitate, bethink, call to mind, chew, chew the cud, cogitate, consider, deliberate, introspect, ponder, quander, reconsider, rethink, revolve, second-guess, think
Scrabble Score: 9
ponder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordponder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ponder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary