6
wise(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, informal, rational)
5
brainy(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, rational, thoughtful)
5
calculating(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, rational, thoughtful)
5
farsighted(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, rational, thoughtful)
5
in a brown study(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, thoughtful)
5
levelheaded(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, rational, thoughtful)
5
lost in thought(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, reasonable)
5
museful(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, rational, thoughtful)
5
philosophic(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, rational, thoughtful)
5
reflecting(adjective, characteristic, reasonable, rational, thoughtful)
4
philosophical(adjective, characteristic, rational, intelligent, thoughtful)
2
abstracted(adjective, thoughtful, thinking, meditative)
2
cognitive(adjective, characteristic, thinking, cognition)
2
conceptual(adjective, concept, characteristic, thoughtfulness)
2
day-dreaming(adjective, characteristic, dream, thinking)
2
deep in thought(expression, adjective, idiom, thoughtful, absorbed)
2
dreamy(adjective, thoughtful, thinking, meditative)
2
mental(adjective, characteristic, mind, thinking)
2
noetic(adjective, characteristic, mind, abstraction)
2
ruminating(adjective, rational, intelligent, thoughtful, thinking)
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