Antonyms for contemplate
ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪt, -tɛm-con·tem·plate

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1. contemplate

   To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.

   Synonyms:
   behold, descry, discern, gaze, glance, inspect, look, regard, scan, see, stare, survey, view, watch

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1. contemplate

   Antonyms:
   ignore, overlook, waive, abandon

   Synonyms:
   meditate, behold, observe, ponder, study, purpose, design, intend, project

Matched Categories

1. • Consider
   • Look At
   • Think

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. contemplateverb

   look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

   "contemplate one's navel"

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, mull, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, study, speculate, reflect, excogitate, ponder, meditate

2. contemplateverb

   consider as a possibility

   "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, mull, chew over, think over, mull over, muse, study, speculate, reflect, excogitate, ponder, meditate

3. study, meditate, contemplateverb

   think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

   "He is meditating in his study"

   Synonyms:
   meditate, study, speculate, consider, reflect, chew over, excogitate, learn, canvass, analyse, read, hit the books, think over, ruminate, ponder, muse, take, mull, canvas, analyze, mull over, examine

4. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculateverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, shine, theorise, speculate, theorize, reflect, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, formulate, devise, mull over, study, contrive, ponder, invent, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, forge, reverberate, mull, conjecture, job, think over

How to use contemplate in a sentence?

1. Mark Burgess:

   Moreover, at some stage we are going to have to contemplate the possible impacts on the broader economy of the U.S. election result, while disharmony could yet break out within the European Unionm, against this backdrop of growing global risks - which does not feel like the backdrop to positive equity returns - we have decided to take equities back to neutral across our asset allocation portfolios, after favouring the asset class for over five years.

2. Julian Zelizer:

   It's hard to imagine the commitment to this fantasy simply falling away of its own accord — certainly not when President Trump is fueling it every day, it's possible that the Fox News brass eventually will get people like Sean Hannity to acknowledge reality after January 20th. But I wouldn't bet on it. And those who work for fringier outlets will never drop this, at least not until something even more compelling comes along. So, unfortunately, you have millions of Americans thoroughly convinced — forever — that Biden is an illegitimate president. Maybe they don't take to the streets over it but that's still a very destructive force in our society and politics. It's really distressing to contemplate but at the moment, I don't know of any way out.

3. Speaker Pelosi:

   Let's not even contemplate that, civilization as we know it today is at stake in the next election, and certainly our planet.

4. Rabindranath Tagore:

   In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.

5. Rachel Carson:

   Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

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