'Introspective' definitions:
Definition of 'introspective'
From: WordNet
adjective
Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences [syn: introspective, introverted, self-examining] [ant: extrospective, extroverted]
Definition of 'Introspective'
From: GCIDE
- Introspective \In`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. introspectif.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'introspective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorbed,
- abstracted,
- buried in thought,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- engaged in thought,
- engrossed,
- engrossed in thought,
- excogitating,
- ideative,
- immersed in thought,
- lost in thought,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- mental,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- occupied,
- pensive,
- pondering,
- prehensive,
- preoccupied,
- rapt,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- serious,
- sober,
- speculative,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- wistful,
- wrapped in thought