deliberate

deliberate is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor.
2. adjective. Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result.
3. adjective. Not hasty or sudden; slow.
4. transitive verb. To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.
5. intransitive verb. To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning.
6. verb. discuss the pros and cons of an issue

   Synonyms: debate

7. verb. think about carefully; weigh

   "They considered the possibility of a strike"

   "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

   Synonyms: consider, debate, moot

8. adjective. unhurried and with care and dignity

   "walking at the same measured pace"

   "with all deliberate speed"

   Synonyms: careful, measured

9. adjective. carefully thought out in advance

   "a calculated insult"

   "with measured irony"

   Synonyms: calculated, measured

Synonyms

debate, consider, moot, careful, measured, calculated

Common word forms

deliberated, deliberates, deliberately, deliberating, deliberateness

Words from these letters

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