'Reflective' definitions:
Definition of 'reflective'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative]
adjective
Capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface" [ant: nonreflecting, nonreflective]
adjective
Devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
Definition of 'Reflective'
From: GCIDE
- Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]
- 1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. [1913 Webster]
- In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*flect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*flect"ive*ness}, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reflective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- careful,
- circumspect,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- considerate,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- enlightened,
- excogitating,
- ideative,
- introspective,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- mental,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- pensive,
- politic,
- pondering,
- prehensive,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- reflecting,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- serious,
- sober,
- speculative,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wistful
Words containing 'Reflective'
- Reflect,
- Reflected,
- Reflectent,
- Reflectible,
- Reflecting,
- Reflectingly,
- Reflection,
- Reflectively,
- Reflectiveness,
- reflectance,
- reflectivity,
- Angle of reflection,
- Plane of reflection,
- Reflected vision,
- Reflecting circle,
- Reflecting galvanometer,
- Reflecting goniometer,
- Reflecting telescope,
- coefficient of reflection,
- reflect upon,
- reflection factor,
- reflective power,
- sound reflection,
- Angle of total reflection,
- space-reflection symmetry