Ruminative [adjective]

Definition of Ruminative:

thoughtful

Synonyms of Ruminative:

● Absorbed

● Analytical

● Attentive

● Brainy

● Calculating

● Cerebral

● Cogitative

● Contemplative

● Deep

● Deliberative

● Discerning

● Earnest

● Engrossed

● Excogitative

● Farsighted

● Grave

● Intellectual

● Intent

● Keen

● Levelheaded

● Logical

● Meditative

● Melancholy

● Musing

● Pensive

● Preoccupied

● Rapt

● Rational

● Reasonable

● Reasoning

● Reflective

● Retrospective

● Serious

● Sober

● Speculative

● Studious

● Subjective

● Thinking

● Wise

● Wistful

● In a brown study

● Lost in thought

● Museful

● Philosophic

● Pondering

● Reflecting


Opposite/Antonyms of Ruminative:

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Sentence/Example of Ruminative:

Thorpe had concluded his philosophical remarks with ruminative slowness.

Yet it was not exactly a stare; it was too thoughtful, too ruminative, too unconscious for that.

She gazed steadily at the glowing coals, ruminative, reflective.

He paused for a while, then went on with ruminative authority.

Hers had been a ruminative existence, for its uncertainty but rarely disturbed her.

Sally Dutton came in and found her friend in this ruminative mood.

Yet he remarked in a ruminative tone, "I shall be very glad of the money."

"Do you know, it's rather a pity you don't like me," said Hal, with ruminative frankness.

The hero is now seen seated in a Morris chair in Washington, touching his finger-tips together in a ruminative manner.

After a vain attempt to smoke a quiet and ruminative pipe he arose and began to wander about.