ponderer
- n a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
- According to those who have followed the work and life of Joseph Ratzingernow Pope Benedictthis is the real him: the teacher, the thinker, the ponderer of deepest meanings.
- In a group that venerates the quick decision, he is a ponderer.
- As a ponderer, someone who believes with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living, she is, well, William Boyd, and for the reader that is good company to keep.