Synonyms for Racking one's brains:

• v.

  • concentrate
  • apply
  ,
  • attend
  ,
  • be engrossed in
  ,
  • bring to bear
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  • brood over
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  • center
  ,
  • consider closely
  ,
  • contemplate
  ,
  • crack one's brains
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  • direct attention
  ,
  • establish
  ,
  • examine
  ,
  • fix attention
  ,
  • fixate
  ,
  • focus
  ,
  • focus attention
  ,
  • get on the beam
  ,
  • give attention
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  • hammer away at
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  • head trip
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  • intensify
  ,
  • knuckle down
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  • meditate
  ,
  • muse
  ,
  • need
  ,
  • occupy thoughts
  ,
  • peruse
  ,
  • ponder
  ,
  • pour it on
  ,
  • put
  ,
  • put mind to
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  • rack one's brains
  ,
  • rivet
  ,
  • ruminate
  ,
  • scrutinize
  ,
  • set
  ,
  • settle
  ,
  • study
  ,
  • sweat
  ,
  • think hard
  ,
  • weigh
  .
  • mull
  • chaw
  ,
  • consider
  ,
  • delay
  ,
  • deliberate
  ,
  • figure
  ,
  • linger
  ,
  • muse on
  ,
  • pore over
  ,
  • procrastinate
  ,
  • reflect
  ,
  • review
  ,
  • revolve
  ,
  • stew over
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  • sweat over
  ,
  • think over
  ,
  • turn over
  ,
  • woolgather
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  • puzzle
  • ask oneself
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  • brood
  ,
  • cudgel
  ,
  • marvel
  ,
  • mull over
  ,
  • think about
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  • ratiocinate
  • put on one's thinking cap
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  • ruminate
  • chew over
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  • cogitate
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  • excogitate
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  • stew about
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  • think
  ,
  • use one's head
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  • think
  • Intellectualize
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  • analyze
  ,
  • appraise
  ,
  • appreciate
  ,
  • cerebrate
  ,
  • comprehend
  ,
  • conceive
  ,
  • deduce
  ,
  • estimate
  ,
  • evaluate
  ,
  • figure out
  ,
  • have in mind
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  • ideate
  ,
  • imagine
  ,
  • infer
  ,
  • judge
  ,
  • logicalize
  ,
  • mull
  ,
  • rationalize
  ,
  • reason
  ,
  • resolve
  ,
  • sort out
  ,
  • speculate
  ,
  • stew
  ,
  • stop to consider
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  • take under consideration
  .

What are the hypernyms for Racking one's brains?

• Other hypernyms:

  brainstorming, cognition, planning, thinking, Analyzing, strategizing, problem-solving, mental exercise, Mind work.