| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; plan |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspire to, brood over, chew over, consider, cool out, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, kick around, mean, meditate on, mind, mull over, muse over, observe, percolate, perpend, ponder, propose, purpose, reflect upon, ruminate, size up, speculate, study, take in, think of, weigh |
| Antonyms: | discard, disregard, forget, neglect, scorn, slight |
| Main Entry: | criticize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze, interpret |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assess, comment upon, evaluate, examine, give opinion, judge, pass judgment on, probe, review, scrutinize, study |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess, suppose |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; discuss |
| Synonyms: | argue, bat it around, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, hammer away at, judge, kick around, knock around, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, pour it on, put on thinking cap, rack brains, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, run up a flagpole, speculate, stew over, study, sweat over, talk over, turn over, weigh |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to understand |
| Synonyms: | absorb, analyze, assimilate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, grasp, master, meditate, ponder, study, take in, think about, think over |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | dissect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze |
| Synonyms: | anatomize, break down, decompose, decompound, examine, explore, inquire about, inspect, investigate, resolve, scrutinize, study |
| Main Entry: | examine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, audit, canvass, case, check, check out, chew over, consider, criticize, delve into, dig into, explore, eye*, finger*, frisk, go into, go over, go through, gun*, inquire, inspect, investigate, look over, look see, parse, pat down, peruse, pick at, ponder, pore over, probe, prospect, prove, read, reconnoiter, research, review, scan, scope, screen, scrutinate, scrutinize, search into, sift, size up, study, survey, sweep, take stock of, try, turn over, vet, view, weigh, winnow |
| Main Entry: | excogitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | conceive, consider, contemplate, contrive, deliberate, derive, develop, devise, educe, evolve, frame, invent, mind, mull over, perpend, ponder, ruminate, study, think out, think up, weigh, work out |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate, test |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, fool with, futz around, mess around, play around with, practice with, probe, prove, put to the test, research, sample, scrutinize, search, shake down, speculate, study, try, try on, try on for size, try out, venture, verify, weigh |
| Main Entry: | eye |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at, scrutinize |
| Synonyms: | check out, consider, contemplate, eyeball, gape, give the eye, glance at, have a look, inspect, keep eagle eye on, leer, look at, ogle, peruse, regard, rubberneck, scan, size up, stare at, study, survey, take a look, take in, view, watch |
| Antonyms: | look away |