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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reflective
adj 1: persistently or morbidly thoughtful [syn: brooding, broody,
contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering,
ruminative]
2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a
reflective surface" [ant: nonreflective]
3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
WordNet (r) 2.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "reflective":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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