reflective

reflective
    adj 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";
           [syn: {brooding}, {broody}, {contemplative},
           {meditative}, {musing}, {pensive}, {pondering},
           {reflective}, {ruminative}]
    2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a
       reflective surface" [ant: {nonreflecting}, {nonreflective}]
    3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
    

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.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Re*flect"ive*ly}, adv. --
      {Re*flect"ive*ness}, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J.
      C. Shairp.
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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