Ponder and Try

Ponder

Ponder verb - To give serious and careful thought to.

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Try and ponder are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Ponder".

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Ponder and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ponder" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Witnessing this causes Panda to go back to his original job and Llama to ponder what other roles he could try out.

Source: Manga / Shirokuma Cafe
Schrödinger's Cool, in which you ponder whether something that may or may not exist would be cool, but invariably, if you try to find out, it's not cool.

Source: The Utterly and Completely Definitive Guide to Cool

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Try and Ponder. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ponder/try

Ponder & Try. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ponder/try>.

Try or Ponder. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ponder/try.

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