Synonyms: reflective
Definition: devoted to matters of the mind
Usage: the reflective type
Similar words: intellectual
Definition: appealing to or using the intellect
Usage: satire is an intellectual weapon; intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor; has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people; coldly intellectual; sort of the intellectual type; intellectual literature
Synonyms: reflective
Definition: capable of physically reflecting light or sound
Usage: a reflective surface
Similar words: mirrorlike, specular
Definition: capable of reflecting light like a mirror
Usage: mirrorlike surface of the lake; a specular metal
Similar words: reflecting
Definition: causing reflection or having a device that reflects
Usage: a reflecting microscope
Synonyms: meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, contemplative, brooding, broody
Definition: deeply or seriously thoughtful
Usage: Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man;
Similar words: thoughtful
Definition: exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
Usage: a thoughtful paper