Word Meanings - COGITATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. "Fixed in cogitation deep." Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COGITATION)

• Lucubration
• Study
• meditation
• work
• cogitation
• Thought
• Reflection
• reasoning
• supposition
• view
• sentiment
• conception
• idea
• opinion
• judgment
• conceit
• fancy
• design
• purpose
• intention
• deliberation
• care
• provision

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COGITATION)

• Chance
• risk
• hazard
• revoke
• Miscalculate
• venture
• stake

Related words: (words related to COGITATION)

• JUDGMENT
  The final award; the last sentence. Note: Judgment, abridgment, acknowledgment, and lodgment are in England sometimes written, judgement, abridgement, acknowledgement, and lodgement. Note: Judgment is used adjectively in many self-explaining
• CHANCELLERY
  Chancellorship. Gower.
• HAZARDIZE
  A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
• OPINIONATOR
  An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. South.
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• REVOKER
  One who revokes.
• INTENTIONALITY
  The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• REASONING
  1. The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons. 2. That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument. His reasoning was sufficiently profound. Macaulay.
• VENTURESOME
  Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.
• THOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Think.
• REASONLESS
  1. Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind. Shak. 2. Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak.
• SENTIMENTALLY
  In a sentimental manner.
• REASONABLY
  1. In a reasonable manner. 2. Moderately; tolerably. "Reasonably perfect in the language." Holder.
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• CONCEPTIONAL
  Pertaining to conception.
• PURPOSE
  1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer.
• SENTIMENT
  fr. L. sentire to perceive by the senses and mind, to feel, to think. 1. A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action
• CONCEITEDLY
  1. In an egotistical manner. 2. Fancifully; whimsically.
• SUPERCONCEPTION
  Superfetation. Sir T. Browne.
• DISVENTURE
  A disadventure. Shelton.
• SUPERREFLECTION
  The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
• FOREDESIGN
  To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
• AVENTURE
  A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire. (more info) 1. Accident; chance; adventure. Chaucer.
• ARCHCHANCELLOR
  A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
• BETHOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Bethink.