deliberate

adj

1. intentional, purposeful, meant, destined, willful, volitional, voluntary; premeditated, preconceived, preconceptional, aforethought, prede-terminate, predetermined, prepense; meditated, studious, studied, considered, weighed; preconcerted, prearranged, predesigned, preplanned, preplotted, prede-vised, precontrived; calculated, cold-blooded, designed, planned, plotted, schemed, devised, contrived, Obs. intrigued, Obs. consulted.

2. considerate, thoughtful, determined, decided, resolute, resolved, unwavering; methodical, methodic, systematic, orderly; cool, calm, collected, composed, unexcited, dispassionate; painstaking, thorough, meticulous, scrupulous, accurate, exact, precise; punctilious, fastidious, finicky, finical, particular; circumspect, cautious, careful, prudent, discreet; chary, wary, guarded, watchful, vigilant.

3. steady, even, regular, balanced; stable, solid, firm, secure, sure, confident, unhesitating, unhesitant, unhesitative, unfaltering; leisurely, unhurried, slow, slow-paced, tortoise-like, snail-like; measured, gradual, paced; lingering, plodding, trudging, laborious, labored.

v

4. excogitate, consider, speculate, take to heart, Archaic. perpend; ponder, muse, think about; weigh, evaluate, revolve, review, study, scrutinize, examine, inspect, con.

5. contemplate, meditate, cogitate, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brain, trouble one's head; reflect on, think over, ruminate, chew, chew one's cud, brood, mull over, dwell on, be in a brown study; concentrate, focus, have one's mind on, put one's mind to; cerebrate, put on one's thinking cap, be abstracted, be lost in thought.

6. consult with, take counsel, confer with, advise with; discuss, debate, argue, reason.