meditative

[ med-i-tey-tiv ]

adjective

1. given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.

   Synonyms: thoughtful

Other Words From

• medi·tative·ly adverb
• medi·tative·ness noun
• non·medi·tative adjective
• non·medi·tative·ly adverb
• non·medi·tative·ness noun
• un·medi·tative adjective
• un·medi·tative·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of meditative¹

From the Late Latin word meditātīvus, dating back to 1605–15. See meditate, -ive

Synonym Study

See pensive.

Example Sentences

While many good free meditation apps exist, Sojitra finds movement meditative and gets outside daily to go backcountry skiing, skateboarding, or trail running.

From Outside Online

The biodata from plants are translated into musical notes for Imka’s live performance, creating a space both serene and meditative.

From Washington Post

I found joy in the rush of adrenaline, but I also found it in harnessing meditative breath to calm my fear and stay mindful.

From Outside Online

Around the same time, he started to experiment with free soloing, which he considers a meditative practice.

From Outside Online

There’s a calm, meditative quality to his feed, which he thinks “allows people to briefly relax from the existential dread that everyone’s had for the past year.”

From Outside Online

They are variously loud, meditative, dramatic, witty, sexy, searing, and elegiac.

From The Daily Beast

Again and again, the band sacrifices the simple joy of a pop hook for the sake of a dense, meditative ambiance.

From The Daily Beast

I would have added “no photographs of meditative politicians walking on the shore” with a slash though a silhouette of JFK.

From The Daily Beast

For me, technology is a delightfully helpful crutch to scaffold me into more advanced meditative practices.

From The Daily Beast

I find it a beautiful, meditative few minutes in the darkness, a spiritual sanctuary which really clears my head.

From The Daily Beast

Colonel Adams sipped his Perrier quietly, and his brown, lean face became unusually meditative.

From Project Gutenberg

There was an amused, meditative smiling at her lips, a kind of wonder, the tender flush of a new experience.

From Project Gutenberg

Jack suddenly threw up his meditative head, shied, and stood upon his hind-legs.

From Project Gutenberg

Urgent as the situation was, he stood for a few moments meditative, contemplating the phosphorescence of the waves.

From Project Gutenberg

This second interview was short, but it seemed to leave Bassett in a meditative frame of mind.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• introspective
• pensive
• reflective