Entry Word: reconsider

Function: verb

Meaning: to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal <the new information forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack>

Synonyms readdress, reanalyze, reconceive, reevaluate, reexamine, rethink, review, reweigh

Related Words reappraise, reassess; amend, correct, emend, rectify, reform, remedy, revise

Phrases change oneʼs mind (about), go over, think better of, view in a new light

Near Antonyms assert, defend, maintain, uphold