Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agonize over |
| Synonyms: | be in brown study, bleed, chafe inwardly, consider, daydream, deliberate, despond, dream, dwell upon, eat one's heart out, fret, gloom, grieve, lament, languish, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, repine, ruminate, sigh, speculate, stew over, sulk, sweat out, sweat over, think about, think upon, worry |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | allow, be compelled to, be forced to, be one's duty to, be up to, become, consider, enjoy, entertain*, experience, fall on, feel, know, leave, let, meet with, must, need, ought, permit, put up with, rest with, see, should, suffer, sustain, think about, tolerate, undergo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang back, hang*, hedge, hem and haw, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot, scruple, seesaw, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice, vacillate, waffle, waver, weigh |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wonder about |
| Synonyms: | ask oneself, brood, cudgel, marvel, mull over, muse, ponder, rack one's brains, study, think about, think hard |
| Antonyms: | not care |
| Main Entry: | view |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe |
| Synonyms: | account, consider, deem, judge, look on, reckon, regard, think about |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, mistrust |
| Main Entry: | weigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consider, contemplate |
| Synonyms: | analyze, appraise, balance, brainstorm*, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, excogitate, give thought to, hash over, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, ponder, rate, reflect upon, rehash, sort out, study, sweat*, think about, think out, think over, track |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bat around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk over |
| Synonyms: | debate, discuss, ponder, think about |
| Main Entry: | chew the cud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to ruminate |
| Synonyms: | chew the fat, converse, digest, meditate, mull something over, muse, ponder over, ruminate, think about, think over |
| Main Entry: | take into account |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow for possibility |
| Synonyms: | allow for, bear in mind, consider, include, take into consideration, think about |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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