ruminative
ADJECTIVE
thoughtful
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
reflecting
reflective
retrospective
serious
sober
speculative
studious
subjective
thinking
wise
wistful
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.