Ponder

Verb

 * 1) To wonder, to think of deeply.
 * 2) To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.
 *  [ It's ] time to ponder over its fallacies

Synonyms

 * chew over
 * mull over
 * See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

 * preponder
 * preponderance
 * preponderant
 * preponderate

Adverbs for Ponder
silently; meditatively; sagely; monotonously; seriously; patiently; perplexedly; morbidly; moodily; closely; reverently; meekly; darkly; philosophically.

Thesaurus
appraise, back down, balance, be abstracted, brood, brood over, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, con over, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, demur, digest, dwell, evaluate, excogitate, falter, fear, hang back, hem and haw, hesitate, hover, hum and haw, introspect, jib, meditate, meditate upon, mind, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, pause, perpend, play around with, play with, ponder over, pull back, reason, reflect, reflect over, retreat, revolve, roll, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, scruple, shilly-shally, shy, speculate, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, study, think, think over, think twice about, toy with, turn over, weigh, withdraw, yield

Etymology
< ponderare: < pondus: < pendere:; see pendent and pound.

Translations

 * Finnish: pohtia
 * French:
 * German: grübeln
 * Hebrew: הרהר
 * Hungarian: mereng, elmereng, tűnődik, eltűnődik,
 * Icelandic: íhuga


 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: pohtia
 * Hungarian:, fontolgat, , fontolóra vesz
 * Icelandic: íhuga
 * Italian:


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: fundera, grubbla