contemplative

Meanings

Plural: contemplatives

Noun

• a person devoted to the contemplative life
• Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.

Adjective Satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

Adj

• Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
• Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
• Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation.
• In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as one's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.

Synonyms

attentive, brooding, broody, calculant, cogitabund, contemplative, deliberative, intelligent, introspective, meditative, museful, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, speculative, studious, thinkful, thinking, thoughtful, thoughty, wistful

Related Words

contemplate, temperate