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