Synonyms for deliberate
dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt; -əˌreɪtde·lib·er·ate

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1. deliberate

   An individual considers, meditates, ponders, reflects, by himself; he weighs a matter in his own mind, and is sometimes said even to debate with himself. Consult and confer always imply two or more persons, as does debate, unless expressly limited as above. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates about a new investment; he consults his physician about his health; he may confer with him on matters of general interest. He consults a dictionary, but does not confer with it. Deliberate, which can be applied to a single individual, is also the word for a great number, while consult is ordinarily limited to a few; a committee consults; an assembly deliberates. Deliberating always carries the idea of slowness; consulting is compatible with haste; we can speak of a hasty consultation, not of a hasty deliberation. Debate implies opposing views; deliberate, simply a gathering and balancing of all facts and reasons. We consider or deliberate with a view to action, while meditation may be quite purposeless.

   Synonyms:
   confer, consider, consult, debate, meditate, ponder, reflect, weigh

   Preposition:
   We deliberate on or upon, also about or concerning a matter: the first two are preferable.

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1. deliberateverb

   Synonyms:
   consider, meditate, consult, weigh, reflect, ponder, debate, perpend

   Antonyms:
   shelve, burke, discard, hazard, chance, risk

2. deliberateadjective

   Synonyms:
   grave, purposed, intentional, designed, determined, resolute, earnest, unbiased, unprejudiced

   Antonyms:
   playful, jocose, facetious, irresolute, unresolved, undetermined, dubious, compulsory, suggested, dictated, instigated, biased, prejudiced

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1. deliberate, calculated, measuredadjective

   carefully thought out in advance

   "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"

   Synonyms:
   mensurable, careful, metric, mensural, measured, calculated, metrical

   Antonyms:
   unintended, hurried

2. careful, deliberate, measuredverb

   unhurried and with care and dignity

   "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"

   Synonyms:
   metric, thrifty, heedful, careful, mensurable, metrical, measured, calculated, mensural

   Antonyms:
   hurried, unintended

3. consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberateverb

   think about carefully; weigh

   "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

   Synonyms:
   turn, reckon, dig, flip, pass on, weigh, view, debate, fence, reach, take, roll, study, see, deal, tump over, moot, think, contend, conceive, give, overturn, bowl over, delve, pass, tip over, count, upset, believe, flip over, turn over, regard, argue, consider, knock over, look at, hand, cut into

   Antonyms:
   unintended, hurried

4. debate, deliberateverb

   discuss the pros and cons of an issue

   Synonyms:
   consider, fence, moot, argue, turn over, contend, debate

   Antonyms:
   unintended, hurried

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1. deliberateverb

   Synonyms:
   reflect, ponder, consider, think, cogitate, ruminate, muse, meditate, take counsel with one's self

2. deliberateadjective

   Synonyms:
   wary, cautious, careful, circumspect, considerate, thoughtful

3. deliberateadjective

   Synonyms:
   well considered, well advised, not rash

4. deliberateadjective

   Synonyms:
   slow, not hasty

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1. deliberateadjective

   Synonyms:
   intentional, premeditated, prepense, done on purpose

   Antonyms:
   accidental, unconscious, unpremeditated, unintentional

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1. List of paraphrases for "deliberate":

   intentional, wilful, premeditated, deliberately, willful, wilfully, conscious, voluntary, purposeful, intentionally, wanton, systematic

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1. The Pentagon:

   The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation — but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message.

2. Dmitry Peskov:

   In the last few days we have seen a huge number of media hoaxes and deliberate data releases concerning the consequences of the Russian military air campaign in Syria, i think that this report is probably one of those.

3. Christina Reynolds:

   This is a deliberate Republican effort to end abortion altogether and to take away this right, i think a number of us thought this was coming. For those of us who didn't, this has been a massive wake-up call.

4. Mark Esper:

   We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation. I spoke with the President last night, after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern Syria.

5. Marcus Hicks:

   My intent there was to remind -- a lot of West Africa is coming out of Afghanistan, and to remind them that we are not in Afghanistan. We have multiple sovereign nations here, and this is going to be a long, deliberate effort to develop their capability, and that our focus is really on working by, with and through our African and western partners.