All chew over synonyms

verb chew over

• analyze — to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
• speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
• acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
• deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
• foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
• aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
• weigh — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
• propose — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
• intend — to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
• mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
• probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• review — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
• research — to make researches; investigate carefully.
• read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
• screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
• audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
• try — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
• survey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
• view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
• vet — veterinarian.
• brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
• guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
• hypothesize — to form a hypothesis.
• wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
• surmise — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
• resolve — to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
• consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• inspect — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
• investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
• spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
• scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
• test — Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
• interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
• figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
• grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
• recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
• regard — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
• favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
• see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
• ponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
• ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
• scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
• deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
• muse — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
• reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.