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Antonyms for contemplative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhn-tem-pluh-tiv, kon-tuhm-pley-, -tem-
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛm plə tɪv, ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪ-, -tɛm-



Definition of contemplative

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French contemplatif (12c.), from Latin contemplativus, from contemplat-, past participle stem of contemplari (see contemplation).
  • adj deep in thought
Example sentences :
  • Plato perceived that the contemplative maiden was busy with memories of the past.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • You, Caroline, are of a more sedate, contemplative character.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The whole suggestion is of a character self-absorbed and contemplative.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • He sat in contemplative silence a little while, his voice low when he spoke.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • The brother's contemplative smile seemed a comment upon this tone.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • This was the poetic, the philosophic, the contemplative side.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Consequently the active life does not seem to precede the contemplative.
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Whence it would seem that the contemplative life is not pleasurable.
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Is this division of Life into the Active and the Contemplative a sufficient one?
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Hence the moral virtues do not pertain to the contemplative life.
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas

Synonyms for contemplative

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