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.