chew over

Questions about chew over

What does chew over mean?

chew over means "reflect deeply on a subject".

What is another word for chew over?

Close synonyms include think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chew over a common word?

chew over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.