think over

1. 1.

   reflect deeply on a subject

   “I mulled over the events of the afternoon”

   “philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years”

   “The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate”

   Synonymschew overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullmull overruminatespeculate

   Broaderthink

   Narrowerpremeditatetheologizeintrospectbethinkcogitatewonderpuzzlestudy

Questions about think over

What does think over mean?

think over means "reflect deeply on a subject".

What is another word for think over?

Close synonyms include chew 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 think over a common word?

think 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.