reflective

About 4.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

   Mirrors are reflective.

2. adjective Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.

   He always becomes reflective in preparation for the new year.

3. adjective That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
4. adjective Involving reflection.
5. adjective By means of reflection.
6. adjective Reciprocal.
7. noun A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with abstract reasoning.

Similar words

reflecting specular mirrorlike intellectual thoughtful contemplative ruminative meditative pondering musing

Often followed by

of and thinking practice thought practitioner equilibrium judgment consciousness

Word family

reflectively reflectiveness reflectivenesses