'Deliberate' definitions:
Definition of 'deliberate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: deliberate, calculated, measured]
adjective
Unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate, measured]
verb
Think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate]
verb
Discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate]
Definition of 'Deliberate'
From: GCIDE
- Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\ (d[-e]*l[i^]b"[~e]r*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deliberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliberating.] To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deliberate'
From: GCIDE
- Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\, v. i. To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning. [1913 Webster]
- The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deliberate'
From: GCIDE
- Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\ (d[-e]*l[i^]b"[~e]r*[asl]t), a. [L. deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare to weigh. See Librate.]
- 1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result. [1913 Webster]
- Settled visage and deliberate word. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not hasty or sudden; slow. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- His enunciation was so deliberate. --W. Wirt.
- 4. having awareness of the likely consequences; intentional. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'deliberate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advise with,
- advised,
- aforethought,
- aimed,
- aimed at,
- air,
- ambling,
- analyze,
- back down,
- balance,
- bargain,
- be abstracted,
- brood,
- brood over,
- calculated,
- call in,
- calm,
- canny,
- canvass,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chaw,
- chew over,
- chew the cud,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- cold-blooded,
- collected,
- collogue,
- comment upon,
- compare notes,
- composed,
- con over,
- confer,
- confer with,
- confident,
- conscious,
- consider,
- considerate,
- considered,
- consult,
- consult with,
- contemplate,
- contemplated,
- controvert,
- cool,
- counsel,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- deal with,
- debate,
- deliberate over,
- deliberate upon,
- deliberated,
- demur,
- designed,
- digest,
- discourse about,
- discreet,
- discuss,
- discuss with,
- dispassionate,
- easy,
- envisaged,
- envisioned,
- even,
- examine,
- exchange observations,
- exchange views,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fastidious,
- fear,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- foresighted,
- forethoughtful,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- go into,
- gradual,
- guarded,
- halting,
- handle,
- hang back,
- hasteless,
- have conversations,
- heedful,
- hem and haw,
- hesitant,
- hesitate,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- hold conference,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- idle,
- imperturbable,
- inactive,
- indolent,
- intended,
- intentional,
- introspect,
- investigate,
- jib,
- judicious,
- knock around,
- knowing,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- lumbering,
- meant,
- measured,
- meditate,
- meditate upon,
- meditated,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- mull,
- mull over,
- muse,
- muse on,
- muse over,
- negotiate,
- noncommittal,
- of design,
- on guard,
- orderly,
- overlooking no possibility,
- paced,
- painstaking,
- palaver,
- parley,
- pass under review,
- pause,
- pawky,
- perpend,
- planned,
- play around with,
- play with,
- poking,
- poky,
- politic,
- ponder,
- ponder over,
- powwow,
- prearranged,
- preconceived,
- premeditated,
- prepense,
- projected,
- proposed,
- provident,
- prudent,
- pull back,
- punctilious,
- purposed,
- purposeful,
- purposive,
- put heads together,
- rap,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- reason with,
- refer to,
- reflect,
- reflect over,
- regardful,
- regular,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- retreat,
- review,
- revolve,
- ruminate,
- ruminate over,
- run over,
- safe,
- sauntering,
- schemed,
- scruple,
- scrupulous,
- serene,
- shilly-shally,
- shuffling,
- shy,
- sift,
- sit down together,
- sit down with,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to act,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- speculate,
- staggering,
- steady,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain at,
- strolling,
- studied,
- studious,
- study,
- sure,
- systematic,
- take counsel,
- take up,
- take up with,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk of,
- talk over,
- teleological,
- tentative,
- think about,
- think over,
- think twice about,
- thorough,
- thought-out,
- thoughtful,
- thresh out,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- toy with,
- treat,
- trudging,
- turn over,
- turtlelike,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unfaltering,
- unhasty,
- unhesitating,
- unhurried,
- unprecipitate,
- unruffled,
- ventilate,
- voluntary,
- waddling,
- weigh,
- willful,
- withdraw,
- witting,
- yield