reflection

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. refraction, image, echo, duplication, counterpart, copy; meditation, rumination, retrospection; comment; slur, insinuation, innuendo. See light, thought, disapprobation.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Thought]

Syn. consideration, pensiveness, thinking, contemplation, rumination, speculation, musing, deliberation, study, pondering, meditation, concentration, absorption, cogitation, observation, weighing, mulling over; see also thought 1 .

2. [An image]

Syn. impression, Rays, light, glare, shine, glitter, appearance, idea, reflected image, likeness, shadow, duplicate, picture, echo, representation, reproduction; see also copy , image 2 .

3. [Discredit]

Syn. censure, reproach, disesteem, imputation; see blame 1 , disgrace 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. mirror image image, counterpart, impression.

2. consideration contemplation, meditation, deliberation, rumination, thought, cogitation, pondering, musing. ''Wisdom's best nurse.''—John Milton.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something that is reflected: image. See SHOW. 2. Imitative reproduction, as of the style of another: echo, imitation, reflex, repetition. See SAME. 3. The act or process of thinking: brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, excogitation, meditation, rumination, speculation, thought. See THOUGHTS. 4. An implied criticism: reproach, slur. See PRAISE.