What is "reflective" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does reflective mean in English? Meaning of reflective definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "reflective" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "reflective": deeply or seriously thoughtful

Adjective

  • Meaning: deeply or seriously thoughtful
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: brooding broody contemplative meditative musing pensive pondering reflective ruminative
  • Similar: thoughtful
  • Meaning of "reflective": capable of physically reflecting light or sound

    Adjective

  • Meaning: capable of physically reflecting light or sound
  • Example: a reflective surface
  • Synonyms: reflective
  • Antonyms: nonreflecting nonreflective
  • Similar: mirrorlike reflecting specular
  • Meaning of "reflective": devoted to matters of the mind

    Adjective

  • Meaning: devoted to matters of the mind
  • Example: the reflective type
  • Synonyms: reflective
  • Similar: intellectual
  • Adjective: Something which reflects, or redirects back to the source. Mirrors are reflective.Thinking back on the past. He always becomes reflective in preparation for the new year.(computing, programming) Involving reflection.
  • Synonyms:

    studious, contemplative, meditative, deliberate, pensive, reasoning, speculative, ruminative, cogitating, pondering,

    Antonyms:

    ignorant, unthoughtful,

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    reflective in English: reflective
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