Given to or characterized by contemplation or continued and absorbed reflection; employed in reflection or study; reflective; meditative; thoughtful: as, a contemplative mind.Marked by contemplation; manifesting reflection or a studious habit.Relating or pertaining to contemplation or thought, as distinguished from action: as, contemplative philosophy; the contemplative faculty (that is, the faculty of cognition).n. One given to contemplation or deep thought, especially on religious subjects; a recluse; a hermit.n. Eccles., a friar of the order of Mary Magdalene.