think over

verb

To ponder or reflect on a subject.

“Go home, think it over and tell me your decision on Monday.”

Meanings

verbthink over (third-person singular simple present thinks over, present participle thinking over, simple past and past participle thought over)

present singular third person thinks over · participle present thinking over · participle past thought over · past thought over

  1. idiomaticTo ponder or reflect on a subject.

    Go home, think it over and tell me your decision on Monday.

    1 more example

    When he has time to think over what he did, he will regret it.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian обмислям
  • обмислям (obmisljam)ponder or reflect
Chinese Mandarin 深思熟慮 /深思熟虑, 反思
  • 深思熟慮 /深思熟虑 (shēnsīshúlǜ)ponder or reflect
  • 反思 (fǎnsī)ponder or reflect
  • 考慮 /考虑 (kǎolǜ)ponder or reflect
Finnish pohtia, miettiä
  • pohtiaponder or reflect
  • miettiäponder or reflect
  • harkitaponder or reflect
  • ajatellaponder or reflect
French réfléchir
  • réfléchirponder or reflect
German nachdenken, überlegen
  • nachdenkenponder or reflect
  • überlegenponder or reflect
Hungarian végiggondol, átgondol
  • végiggondolponder or reflect
  • átgondolponder or reflect
Latin dēlīberō
  • dēlīberōponder or reflect
Polish przemyśliwać, przemyślać
  • przemyśliwaćponder or reflect
  • przemyślaćponder or reflect
  • przemyślećponder or reflect
Russian обду́мать
  • обду́мать (obdúmatʹ)ponder or reflect
Spanish ponderar, recapacitar
  • ponderarponder or reflect
  • recapacitarponder or reflect
Ukrainian розду́мувати, розмірко́вувати
  • розду́мувати (rozdúmuvaty)ponder or reflect
  • розмірко́вувати (rozmirkóvuvaty)ponder or reflect
  • обду́мати (obdúmaty)ponder or reflect
  • проду́мати (prodúmaty)ponder or reflect
Cite this entry
APA

think over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20over

MLA

“think over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20over. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “think over,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20over.

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