Definitions

reflecting

[ri-flek-ting] / rɪˈflɛk tɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

contemplative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

introspective meditative pensive reflective thoughtful

STRONG

intent lost musing thinking

WEAK

attentive cogitative in brown study pondering rapt ruminative speculative

Antonyms

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ignorant unthoughtful

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disdainful disregarding negligent rejecting scornful shallow unreflective

ADJECTIVE

gleaming

Synonyms

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bright burnished glassy glazed glistening lustrous polished shining shiny sleek

STRONG

slick smooth

WEAK

brilliant silken silky

Antonyms

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dark dull gloomy rough

STRONG

coarse

ADJECTIVE

glistening

Synonyms

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bright burnished glassy glazed gleaming lustrous polished shining shiny silky sleek

STRONG

slick smooth

WEAK

brilliant silken

Antonyms

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dark dull gloomy rough

STRONG

coarse

ADJECTIVE

glossy

Synonyms

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bright gleaming glistening lustrous polished silky sleek slick

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smooth

WEAK

brilliant burnished chatoyant glassy glazed silken

Antonyms

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dark dull rough stupid unintelligent unpolished

WEAK

drab mate muted

ADJECTIVE

imitating

Synonyms

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echoing emulating following matching paralleling

ADJECTIVE

imitative

Synonyms

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counterfeit echoic onomatopoeic

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artful copied copycat copying deceptive derivative emulative emulous following forged mimetic mimic mimicking mock parrot plagiarized pseudo put on reflective secondhand sham simulant

Antonyms

WEAK

different genuine original

ADJECTIVE

pensive

Synonyms

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contemplative dreamy sober thoughtful wistful

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absorbed abstracted attentive cogitative grave musing pondering preoccupied reflective ruminating ruminative serious speculative thinking withdrawn

Antonyms

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negligent uncaring

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ignorant shallow

ADJECTIVE

ruminative

Synonyms

WEAK

absorbed analytical attentive brainy calculating cerebral cogitative contemplative deep deliberative discerning earnest engrossed excogitative farsighted grave in a brown study intellectual intent keen levelheaded logical lost in thought meditative melancholy museful musing pensive philosophic pondering preoccupied rapt rational reasonable reasoning reflective retrospective serious sober speculative studious subjective thinking wise wistful

ADJECTIVE

thoughtful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analytical attentive cerebral earnest melancholy pensive rational reasonable reflective serious sober studious wise

WEAK

absorbed brainy calculating cogitative deep deliberative discerning engrossed farsighted grave intellectual intent keen levelheaded logical lost in thought meditative museful musing philosophic pondering preoccupied rapt reasoning retrospective ruminative subjective thinking wistful

Antonyms

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flippant happy ignorant inattentive irrational stupid trivial unimportant unreasonable unserious unthoughtful

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careless heedless idiotic inconsiderate negligent obtuse remiss thoughtless uncaring unmindful

NOUN

abstraction

Synonyms

STRONG

absorption aloofness brooding cogitation consideration contemplation daydreaming detachment engrossment entrancement musing pensiveness preoccupation reflection remoteness reverie thinking trance

WEAK

pondering ruminating

Antonyms

STRONG

disdain disregard ignorance neglect

Example Sentences

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Finance 101 teaches us that an efficient market is forward-looking, reflecting at any given time what investors collectively expect future returns to be.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

He has been studying his empty glass while he’s reflecting, but then he looks at me intently to emphasize his point.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

That has been even slower in recent years, reflecting stagnant living standards.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The firm reiterated a Buy rating on Dell stock and lifted its price target to $290 from $235 in Thursday’s research note, reflecting both a higher multiple and stronger fiscal-year estimates.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The shark looked like a ghost with its white belly and broad fins stretched to the sky, reflecting the sunlight.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

reflecting

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