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pondered

ADJECTIVE
deliberate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful
STRONG
advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned prearranged predetermined projected purposed reasoned resolved schemed studied weighed
WEAK
aforethought cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate prepense provident purposive scrupulous thought-out voluntary wary with forethought witting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful
STRONG
indefinite unplanned
WEAK
chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting

Example Sentences

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Lewis admitted some of the witness stories were compelling and "would have an effect" on him as he pondered them before his rational self took over.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

For months, the senior U.S. senator from Montana pondered his political future.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The question that Barclays analyst Dan Levy pondered on Tuesday was, of course, why?

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

I pondered ways to scale back on energy usage, by swapping the space heater for 60-watt electric blankets, for instance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

His front hooves raised a few inches off the dirt, as if he’d pondered rearing but thought better of it, then he dropped his head and his paws stilled.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover