DELIBERATE


Meaning of DELIBERATE in English

I. adjective

1.

arrived at after due thought

a deliberate judgment

Synonyms: advised, aforethought, considered, designed, premeditated, prepense, studied, studious, thought-out

Related Word: planned, projected, schemed; calculated; careful, meticulous, scrupulous; foresighted, forethoughtful, provident, prudent

Contrasted words: chance, chancy, desultory, haphazard, happy-go-lucky, hit-or-miss, random; aimless, designless, purposeless; hasty, hurried; abrupt, impetuous, sudden; automatic, instinctive, spontaneous

Antonyms: casual

2.

Synonyms: voluntary , intentional, unforced, unprescribed, willful, willing, witting

Related Word: intended, meant, meditated, purposed; determined, purposeful; aware, cognizant, conscious

Contrasted words: careless, heedless, inadvertent, thoughtless; unintended, unpurposed

Antonyms: impulsive

3.

Synonyms: slow 2, dilatory, laggard, leisurely, unhasty, unhurried

Related Word: calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, wary; careful, heedful; collected, composed, cool, imperturbable

Contrasted words: hasty, headlong, impetuous, sudden

Antonyms: abrupt, precipitate

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: ponder 2, ||chaw, meditate, mull (over), muse, revolve, roll, ruminate, turn over

2.

Synonyms: think 5, cerebrate, cogitate, reason, reflect, speculate

Related Word: excogitate, study, weigh; argue, debate, discuss, talk over

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