consider, debate, moot, turn_over, deliberate: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" debate, deliberate: discuss the pros and cons of an issue deliberate, intentional, knowing, willful, wilful: by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time" careful, deliberate, measured: with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" studied, deliberate: produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington deliberate: marked by careful consideration or reflection; "a deliberate decision" calculated, deliberate, measured: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"