RECONSIDER Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

reconsider

verb

ˌrē-kən-ˈsi-dər

Definition of reconsider

as in to revisit

to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack

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Recent Examples of reconsider Some states and schools, though, are reconsidering the value of cursive for today’s students. — Mary Jean Tecce Decarlo, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 The Pentagon had shown that old valor awards could be reconsidered. — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 Scott was also open to reconsidering current plans to build new roads in the national park and improve or use existing roads instead, according to Sheriff Ronny Dodson of Brewster County, where the national park is located. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Officials promised to reconsider the new water rates and review Law 2029, prompting La Coordinadora to temporarily suspend the protests while awaiting the government’s response. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconsider

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Winehouse’s story has also been revisited on screen through several documentaries and the 2024 bopic Back to Black, which starred Marisa Abela.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
Samuel Eto’o, who recently told CNN Sports in an exclusive interview that Infantino hasn’t done anything wrong and actually called for the controversial plan that caused this tumultuous situation to be revisited.

— Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of revisit

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Congress now has 90 days of continuous session to review the agreement, which would go into effect absent objection.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Still, the archetypal influencer in our cultural imagination is not a man reviewing watches on YouTube or hosting a podcast from his studio in Austin.

— Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of review

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After Harvard’s Dean of Undergraduate Education urged faculty to start implementing the policy as soon as the coming semester, students who’d registered for classes earlier in the year started rethinking their courses.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Incheon also reported an 18% increase in transfer passengers this year, as many travelers who previously transferred in the Gulf on their way to Europe had to rethink their route amid airspace closures.

— Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026