All rumination synonyms

noun rumination

• ideation — the process of forming ideas or images.
• deducing — Present participle of deduce.
• considering — You use considering to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
• fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
• inducing — Present participle of induce.
• inferring — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
• grazing — a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
• heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
• deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
• mastication — The process of chewing.
• deriving — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
• illation — the act of inferring.
• meditation — the act of meditating.
• knowing — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
• deglutition — the act of swallowing
• apprehending — Present participle of apprehend.
• concluding — final
• cogitation — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
• introspection — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
• discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
• introversion — the act of introverting or the state of being introverted.
• chewing — Present participle of chew.
• cerebration — the act of thinking; consideration; thought
• contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation