cogitative

1. 1.

   of or relating to having capacities for cogitation

   “the cogitative faculty”
2. 2.

   given to cogitation

   “he looked at me with cogitative eyes”

   Similarthoughtful

Questions about cogitative

What does cogitative mean?

cogitative means "of or relating to having capacities for cogitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cogitative?

cogitative has 4 syllables: co-gi-ta-tive. The stress falls on "gi".

Is cogitative a common word?

cogitative 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.