Deliberate

Adjective

 * 1) Done on purpose; intentional.
 * Tripping me was deliberate action.
 * 1) Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining.
 * The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.
 * 1) Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
 * The opinion resulted in a deliberate measure.
 * 1) Not hasty or sudden; slow.
 * The prime minister resided over the cautious, deliberate action.

Verb

 * 1) To consider carefully.
 * It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.

Adverbs for Deliberate
evidently; sagaciously; good-humoredly; coolly;  duly; sagely; wisely; gravely; ominously; vexatiously; calmly; terribly; impressively; solemnly; consciously; exaggeratedly; cleverly; curiously; pleasantly; prudently; anxiously; courteously; quietly; intently; thoughtfully; particularly; attentively; observantly; carefully; craftily; smartly; skilfully; shrewdly; cautiously; warily; discreetly, earnestly; protractedly; slowly. .

Synonyms for Deliberate

 * (verb): study, consider, weigh, ponder, estimate, reflect, consult, meditate, contemplate, regard, examine
 * (adjective): careful, cautious, intentional, purposed, studied, judged, unhurried, thoughtful, considered, pondered, weighed, reasoned, cool, prudent, slow.

Antonyms for Deliberate

 * (verb):pass over, reject, repudiate, disclaim, discard, spurn
 * (adjective):hurried, hasty, sudden, rash, careless, unconsidered, unintentional, imprudent.

Thesaurus
advise with, advised, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, air, ambling, analyze, back down, balance, bargain, be abstracted, brood, brood over, calculated, call in, calm, canny, canvass, careful, cautious, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, circumspect, claudicant, cold-blooded, collected, collogue, comment upon, compare notes, composed, con over, confer, confer with, confident, conscious, consider, considerate, considered, consult, consult with, contemplate, contemplated, controvert, cool, counsel, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, deal with, debate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, deliberated, demur, designed, digest, discourse about, discreet, discuss, discuss with, dispassionate, easy, envisaged, envisioned, even, examine, exchange observations, exchange views, falter, faltering, fastidious, fear, flagging, foot-dragging, foresighted, forethoughtful, gentle, gingerly, go into, gradual, guarded, halting, handle, hang back, hasteless, have conversations, heedful, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate, hobbled, hobbling, hold conference, hover, hum and haw, idle, imperturbable, inactive, indolent, intended, intentional, introspect, investigate, jib, judicious, knock around, knowing, languid, languorous, lazy, leaving out nothing, leisurely, limping, lumbering, meant, measured, meditate, meditate upon, meditated, methodical, meticulous, mindful, moderate, mull, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, negotiate, noncommittal, of design, on guard, orderly, overlooking no possibility, paced, painstaking, palaver, parley, pass under review, pause, pawky, perpend, planned, play around with, play with, poking, poky, politic, ponder, ponder over, powwow, prearranged, preconceived, premeditated, prepense, projected, proposed, provident, prudent, pull back, punctilious, purposed, purposeful, purposive, put heads together, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, reason with, refer to, reflect, reflect over, regardful, regular, relaxed, reluctant, retreat, review, revolve, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, safe, sauntering, schemed, scruple, scrupulous, serene, shilly-shally, shuffling, shy, sift, sit down together, sit down with, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow to act, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, speculate, staggering, steady, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, strolling, studied, studious, study, sure, systematic, take counsel, take up, take up with, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, teleological, tentative, think about, think over, think twice about, thorough, thought-out, thoughtful, thresh out, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, toy with, treat, trudging, turn over, turtlelike, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unfaltering, unhasty, unhesitating, unhurried, unprecipitate, unruffled, ventilate, voluntary, waddling, weigh, willful, withdraw, witting, yield

Etymology
From deliberatus:, past participle of delibero: < de: + *undefined:, libro: < *undefined:, libra:; see librate:.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

 * Bulgarian: умишлен, преднамерен
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: bevidst, overlagt
 * Dutch: opzettelijk, opzettelijke, met opzet, voor expres (Flanders)
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,


 * Hebrew: מכוון (mekhuvan)
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 作為的な
 * Norwegian: med vilje
 * Russian: умышленный, преднамеренный
 * Spanish: deliberado, a propósito


 * Czech:
 * Danish: velovervejet, gennemtænkt
 * German: ,


 * Japanese: 慎重な
 * Norwegian: overveid
 * Russian: осмотрительный


 * Bulgarian: обмислен
 * Czech:
 * Danish: velovervejet, gennemtænkt
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: megfontolt
 * Japanese: 思慮深い
 * Norwegian: veloverveid
 * Russian: обдуманный


 * Bulgarian: обмислен
 * Czech: neuspěchaný,
 * Danish: langsom, sindig, rolig
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:, ,
 * Japanese: 慎重な
 * Russian: неспешный, размеренный

Verb

 * Bulgarian: обмислям
 * Danish: overveje
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , ,


 * Hungarian: megfontol
 * Japanese: 熟慮する
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Related terms

 * deliberation
 * deliberative

Verb
deliberate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense and imperative of deliberare