musing

n. pondering, reflection, solemn contemplation

v. ponder on reflectively, meditate on something in silent wonder, think about pensively

Noun
1. a calm lengthy intent consideration
(synonym) contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness
(hypernym) consideration
(hyponym) cogitation, study
(derivation) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
Adjective
1. persistently or morbidly thoughtful
(synonym) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
(similar) thoughtful

Noun
1. the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
(hypernym) source, seed, germ
(derivation) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
Verb
1. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
(synonym) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(hyponym) premeditate

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
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(1995-03-16)

Synonyms and related words:
Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absent, absentminded, absentmindedness, absorbed, absorption, abstracted, abstractedness, abstraction, advisement, bemused, bemusement, brooding, brown study, castle-building, close study, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentration, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, consideration, contemplating, contemplation, contemplative, contemplativeness, counsel, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, daydreamy, deep thought, deliberating, deliberation, deliberative, depth of thought, dream, dreamery, dreamfulness, dreaminess, dreaming, dreamlikeness, dreamy, drowsing, ecstatic, elsewhere, engrossed, engrossment, excogitating, fantasy, fantasying, faraway, fit of abstraction, half-awake, ideative, in a reverie, in the clouds, introspective, lost, lost in thought, lucubration, meditating, meditation, meditative, melancholy, mental, mooning, moonraking, muse, museful, musefulness, muted ecstasy, napping, nodding, noetic, oblivious, pensive, pensiveness, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, pondering, prehensive, preoccupation, preoccupied, profound thought, rapt, reflecting, reflection, reflective, reflectiveness, reverie, revolving, ruminant, ruminating, rumination, ruminative, serious, sober, somewhere else, speculation, speculative, speculativeness, stargazing, study, taken up, thinking, thought, thoughtful, thoughtfulness, trance, transported, unconscious, weighing, wistful, wistfulness, woolgathering, wrapped in thought