excogitate

excogitate is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 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 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.
2. intransitive verb. To cogitate.
3. verb. reflect deeply on a subject

   "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"

   "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"

   Synonyms: contemplate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate

4. verb. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

   Synonyms: contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent

Synonyms

contemplate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent

Common word forms

excogitated, excogitates, excogitating

Words from these letters

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