All musing synonyms
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M m noun musing
- reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- reverie — a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie.
- introspection — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
- meditation — the act of meditating.
- pondering — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- pensiveness — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- thought — Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.
- contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- thinking — of or relating to thinking or thought.
- cogitation — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
- daydream — A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
- consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
- recollection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
adjective musing
- thoughtful — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- pensive — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- contemplative — Someone who is contemplative thinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
- absorbed — If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.
- rapt — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- introspective — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- meditative — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.