100 Other Words for “Consider”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Account for	Include as a factor.
2.	Acknowledge	Recognize as valid or true.
3.	Address	Deal with or respond to.
4.	Adjudge	Form a judgment about.
5.	Admire	Regard with respect.
6.	Analyze	Examine in detail.
7.	Appraise	Assess value or quality.
8.	Argue	Reason about opposing views.
9.	Assess	Evaluate importance or quality.
10.	Assume	Accept without proof.
11.	Attend to	Give attention to.
12.	Balance	Weigh competing factors.
13.	Bear in mind	Keep in memory.
14.	Believe	Accept as true.
15.	Brood on	Think deeply and anxiously.
16.	Calculate	Work out by reasoning.
17.	Care about	Feel concern for.
18.	Cast about	Search mentally for options.
19.	Check	Verify or examine briefly.
20.	Chew on	Think over informally.
21.	Clarify	Make clearer through thought.
22.	Conceive	Form an idea of.
23.	Conclude	Decide after reasoning.
24.	Contemplate	Think about carefully.
25.	Debate	Discuss to reach judgment.
26.	Deduce	Infer from evidence.
27.	Deliberate	Consider carefully before deciding.
28.	Determine	Decide firmly after thought.
29.	Diagnose	Identify cause by analysis.
30.	Discern	Recognize or distinguish mentally.
31.	Discuss	Talk over in detail.
32.	Dwell on	Think about repeatedly.
33.	Entertain	Allow as a possibility.
34.	Estimate	Judge roughly or approximately.
35.	Evaluate	Judge merit or significance.
36.	Examine	Inspect closely.
37.	Expect	Regard as likely.
38.	Explore	Investigate possibilities.
39.	Factor in	Include in calculations.
40.	Figure	Think or suppose.
41.	Focus on	Concentrate attention on.
42.	Forecast	Predict after consideration.
43.	Frame	Formulate in the mind.
44.	Gauged	Measured or judged roughly.
45.	Give thought to	Think about intentionally.
46.	Grant	Concede as true.
47.	Grasp	Understand fully.
48.	Hash out	Work through details together.
49.	Have in mind	Intend or remember.
50.	Heed	Pay close attention to.
51.	Hypothesize	Propose a tentative explanation.
52.	Imagine	Form a mental picture.
53.	Infer	Conclude from evidence.
54.	Inspect	Look over carefully.
55.	Interpret	Explain meaning or significance.
56.	Investigate	Inquire into systematically.
57.	Judge	Form an opinion.
58.	Kick around	Discuss casually.
59.	Know	Be aware or understand.
60.	Look at	Examine briefly.
61.	Look into	Investigate or research.
62.	Make sense of	Understand or interpret.
63.	Meditate on	Reflect deeply.
64.	Mind	Pay attention to.
65.	Mull over	Think about at length.
66.	Note	Notice and remember.
67.	Observe	Notice or watch carefully.
68.	Opine	Express an opinion.
69.	Ponder	Think about carefully.
70.	Postulate	Assume as a basis.
71.	Predict	Foretell based on reasoning.
72.	Presume	Assume likely true.
73.	Probe	Investigate deeply.
74.	Process	Work through mentally.
75.	Project	Estimate future outcomes.
76.	Rationalize	Explain with plausible reasons.
77.	Reason	Think logically about.
78.	Reckon	Suppose or judge.
79.	Reconsider	Think again about.
80.	Reflect	Think back or carefully.
81.	Regard	View in a certain way.
82.	Review	Examine again.
83.	Ruminate	Think deeply and repeatedly.
84.	Scrutinize	Examine very closely.
85.	See	Understand or perceive.
86.	Size up	Assess quickly.
87.	Speculate	Guess without firm evidence.
88.	Study	Examine carefully to learn.
89.	Suppose	Assume for argument.
90.	Survey	Look over broadly.
91.	Take into account	Include in judgment.
92.	Take stock of	Assess the situation.
93.	Think about	Direct thoughts toward.
94.	Think over	Consider carefully.
95.	Touch on	Mention briefly.
96.	Treat	Deal with in thought.
97.	Turn over	Consider from different angles.
98.	Understand	Comprehend meaning or intent.
99.	Use discretion	Choose carefully and wisely.
100.	Validate	Confirm as sound.