ponderer
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- noun
- /ˈpɒndərər/
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reflexivo
- He is known as a ponderer who takes the time to consider all aspects before making a decision.
Examples
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As a natural ponderer, she often spent hours reflecting on life's biggest questions.
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Me... a dreamer, a ponderer of big and small thoughts.
Blog text (5) -
I have a vague memory of the image, in a textbook, of some ancient ponderer deep in meditation, with a moving finger in the mud or sand.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then there was the middle sister Evelyn, the schoolteacher, married to Leonard the intellectual, the professor the communist, "Religion is the opium of the people," the ponderer of big questions, a mensch, a match made in heaven for Evelyn.
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Many renowned authors are ponderers who delve deeply into philosophical topics in their works.
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 basic questions of life
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A person who spends a lot of time in quiet prayer or thought
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A person who often thinks quietly about worries or sad thoughts
A person who thinks carefully for a long time about problems or ideas
A person who thinks deeply about ideas or problems
A person who spends time thinking quietly and deeply
A person who spends time quietly thinking about life
A person who often thinks quietly and carefully about things
A person who often thinks deeply about their own thoughts and feelings
Antonyms
How Reflective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ponderer comes from the Latin root ponder meaning 'weight', the same root as ponderous meaning 'heavy'. So a ponderer is someone who 'weighs' ideas slowly and carefully in their mind.