All ideate synonyms

verb ideate

• ponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
• resolve — to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
• consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• appreciate — If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
• reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
• judge — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
• speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
• figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
• ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
• brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
• deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
• comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
• cogitate — If you are cogitating, you are thinking deeply about something.
• analyze — to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
• infer — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
• cerebrate — to use the mind; think; ponder; consider
• mull — to study or ruminate; ponder.
• muse — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
• reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
• meditate — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
• stew — to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
• imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
• revolve — to move in a circular or curving course or orbit: The earth revolves around the sun.
• rationalize — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
• conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
• deduce — If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true.
• weigh — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
• appraise — If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
• turn over — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• intellectualize — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
• mull over — to study or ruminate; ponder.
• sort out — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
• put on one's thinking cap — to ponder a matter or problem
• contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
• estimate — Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
• evaluate — Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
• examine — Inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
• rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
• intellectualise — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
• think — to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).