Meaning & use

Ponderer

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A person who ponders or reflects deeply on something.

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He was a quiet ponderer, always lost in thought before answering.

The novel's narrator is a solitary ponderer of life's small mysteries.

A note on using this word

From 'ponder', which comes from the Latin 'ponderare', literally 'to weigh'.

Words with a similar meaning

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