A synonym for reflects again depends heavily on context, so you need to pick the word that fits your intended meaning. If you mean to physically bounce back light, sound, or heat, synonyms are mirrors, returns, throws back, casts back, bounces, and gleams. For instance, the water reflects the moon could become the water mirrors the moon. If you mean to show, indicate, or demonstrate a quality or condition, good synonyms are shows, reveals, indicates, demonstrates, displays, exhibits, manifests, embodies, represents, illustrates, signifies, and betrays. For example, his grades reflect his hard work could be his grades demonstrate his hard work. If you mean to think deeply, reflects as a verb can be replaced with contemplates, considers, ponders, muses, deliberates, meditates on, and introspects. Because reflects is a very common and versatile verb, using a more precise synonym often strengthens your writing and removes ambiguity about whether you mean mirroring, thinking, or indicating.
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