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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for reflective:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
reflective
    adj 1: 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]
    2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a
       reflective surface" [ant: nonreflecting, nonreflective]
    3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.
   r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]
   1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
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            In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing
            her charms.                           --Prior.
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   2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective
      reason. --Prior.
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            His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus
            acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
                                                  --Motley.
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   3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a
      reflective person.
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   4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
      [1913 Webster] -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. --
      Re*flect"ive*ness, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J.
      C. Shairp.
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