Usually means: Deeply thinking about something specific.
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  1. pondering: Merriam-Webster
  2. pondering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pondering: Vocabulary.com
  4. Pondering, pondering: Wordnik
  5. pondering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pondering: Wiktionary
  7. Pondering, pondering: Dictionary.com
  8. pondering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Pondering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. pondering: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. pondering: Rhymezone
  12. Pondering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. pondering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. pondering: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pondering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. pondering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pondering: Legal dictionary

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  1. pondering: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  An act of rumination or cogitation.

Similar:
musing, ruminative, contemplative, thoughtful, meditative, pensive, reflective, brooding, broody, cogitation, more...

Opposite:
thought, thoughtful, ponder

Types:
overthinking, contemplation, speculation, mulling, more...

Phrases:
Poi Dog Pondering, pondering person, pondering to sabotage, verb while pondering, pondering or reflecting on, more...

Adjectives:
worth, much, long, careful, deep, serious, further, philosophical, thoughtful, silent, considerable

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Similar:
musing, ruminative, contemplative, thoughtful, meditative, pensive, reflective, brooding, broody, cogitation, more...

Opposite:
thought, thoughtful, ponder

Types:
overthinking, contemplation, speculation, mulling, more...

Phrases:
Poi Dog Pondering, pondering person, pondering to sabotage, verb while pondering, pondering or reflecting on, like mesmerized but pondering, the act of pondering or meditation, pondering on, more...

Adjectives:
worth, much, long, careful, deep, serious, further, philosophical, thoughtful, silent, considerable

Colors:
    slate gray,     deep teal,     midnight blue,     forest green,     charcoal, more...



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