reflective

/ɹɪflˈɛktɪv/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

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”
2. capable of physically reflecting light or sound
   “a reflective surface”
3. devoted to matters of the mind
   “the reflective type”

Synonyms for reflective

• brooding
• broody
• contemplative
• meditative
• musing
• pensive
• pondering
• ruminative
• thoughtful
• mirrorlike
• reflecting
• intellectual

Antonyms of reflective

• nonreflective

Words that rhyme with reflective

• effective
• objective
• collective
• connective
• corrective
• defective
• elective
• ineffective
• protective
• detective
• directive
• infective
• perspective
• retrospective
• selective
• subjective
• affective
• introspective
• invective
• irrespective
• prospective
• respective
• convective
• projective