All woolgathering synonyms
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W w verb woolgathering
- romance β Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
- contemplate β If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- deliberate β 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.
- examine β Inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
- ponder β to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- weigh β 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.
- chaw β to chew (tobacco), esp without swallowing it
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- figure β a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- linger β to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- meditate β to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- procrastinate β to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- reflect β to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- review β a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- revolve β to move in a circular or curving course or orbit: The earth revolves around the sun.
- ruminate β to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- hammer away at β persist
- think over β consider, deliberate
- turn over β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- evaluate β Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
- mull β to study or ruminate; ponder.
- mull over β to study or ruminate; ponder.
- speculate β to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- appraise β If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- brood β A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- cerebrate β to use the mind; think; ponder; consider
- cogitate β If you are cogitating, you are thinking deeply about something.
- debate β A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
- dwell β to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- excogitate β Think out, plan, or devise.
- mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- reason β a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- roll β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- perpend β a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
- think out β to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
adjective woolgathering
- absent β If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- absorbed β If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.
- abstracted β Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.
- airheaded β Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- bemused β If you are bemused, you are puzzled or confused.
- careless β If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- daydreaming β indulgence in daydreams
- distracted β Obsolete. distracted.
- distrait β inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- dreaming β (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- dreamy β of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- engrossed β Having all one's attention or interest absorbed by someone or something.
- faraway β distant; remote: faraway lands.
- forgetful β apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.