cogitator
- noun
- /ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪtər/
- Formal
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cogitador
- As a cogitator, she spent hours pondering difficult problems, seeking deeper understanding and insight.
Examples
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The philosopher was known as a profound cogitator, often lost in thoughts about existence and morality.
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In his role as a cogitator, he approached each issue thoughtfully, weighing all possible consequences before deciding.
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We were standing in the main cabin of the Cogitators' grounded spacecraft.
Fiction book (1999) -
It had taken five minutes of shouting before a Cogitator had appeared and reluctantly led me through the barrier.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Flatfaces, officially known as the Cogitators, were one of the seven alien species with whom humans uneasily coexisted.
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It is an election between a sober, realistic cogitator who considers the ramifications of all of his actions, Obama, and a person who is being advised by the neocons who took this country to war in Iraq by telling lies.
Blog text (9) -
"Facilitators are trained to regard events impersonally," I told the four Cogitators who faced me in a semicircle, their enormous eyes staring at me impassively from the ends of their flattened necks.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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A person who has deep ideas about important subjects
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A person who spends time on serious, important ideas
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A person who thinks deeply about ideas or problems
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A person who thinks deeply about basic questions of life
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A person who spends a lot of time in quiet prayer or thought
A person who thinks carefully for a long time about problems or ideas
A person who spends time thinking quietly and deeply
A person who often thinks quietly and carefully about things
A person who spends time quietly thinking about life
A person who often thinks deeply about their own thoughts and feelings
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Etymology
The word cogitator comes from the Latin verb cogitare, which means 'to think', and it shares the same root as the English words cogitate and cognitive. So a cogitator is literally someone who thinks deeply.