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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