Reverse Dictionary: PONDER

ADJECTIVES
► PONDERATIVE relating to pondering → 1610

NOUNS
► PERPENDMENT consideration; pondering → 1667 obs.
► PERPENSATION thorough consideration or reflection; deliberation, pondering → 1623 obs.
► PERPENSION thorough consideration or reflection; deliberation, pondering → 1612 arch.
► PONDERATION assessment, deliberation; pondering, contemplation, musing → 1556

VERBS
► AWEIGH to weigh something; also, to consider, to ponder, to examine → a1000 obs.
► CAST to revolve in one’s mind, to debate with oneself, to consider, to ponder, to deliberate → a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DASCAN to ponder; to consider → c1579 Sc. obs.
► HANKER to hesitate, to ponder, esp. to hesitate in speaking → 1873 Eng. dial.
► LAY THE BRAIN ASTEEP to ponder, to revolve in the mind, to make a mental effort → 1895 Sc.
► MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAUSE to ponder upon; to gaze at; to admire → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► NOODLE to think, to ponder, to brainstorm → 1942 US sl.
► PENSICULATE to consider, to ponder → 1623 obs.
► PENSITATE to weigh in the mind; to consider, to ponder → 1623 obs.
► PERPEND to ponder, to consider; to examine, to investigate → 1447 arch.
► PONDERATE to ponder, to consider, to contemplate; to weigh in the mind → a1475
► SET THE BRAIN ASTEEP to ponder, to revolve in the mind, to make a mental effort → 1895 Sc.
► SPLISH AND SPLASH to debate a topic; to ponder without coming to a decision → 1970s African-American sl.
► VOLVE to ponder or mull over