50 entries under pensive topic. ×

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musing(noun, verb, adjective, study, class)
19
brooding(noun, verb, adjective, thought, thoughtful)
13
thinking(noun, verb, adjective, keen, thought)
11
reflective(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, thoughtful)
10
contemplative(adjective, reasonable, keen, thought, deep)
10
meditative(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, thoughtful)
10
ruminative(adjective, reasonable, rational, thoughtful, sober)
9
cogitating(noun, verb, adjective, thoughtful, thinking)
9
reasoning(noun, verb, adjective, study, keen)
9
reflecting(noun, verb, adjective, keen, thoughtful)
8
thoughtful(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, sober)
4
calculating(verb, adjective, reasonable, keen, deep)
4
wistful(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, thoughtful)
3
cogitative(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, thoughtful)
2
deliberative(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, rational)
2
preoccupied(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, rational)
2
serious(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, thoughtful)
2
sober(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, rational)
2
speculative(thoughtful, thinking, absorbed, reflective)
1
lost in thought(expression, adjective, idiom, keen, thoughtful)
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