rethink

Reassess your position

Rethink means to think again about something, usually with the implication of reconsidering or revising one's position: The scandal forced the company to rethink its strategy.

As a noun, a rethink is such a reconsideration: The policy needs a complete rethink.

The noun form is more common in British English.

reconsider

reassess

Evaluate a second time

reappraise · revisit · question · second-guess · reflect · contemplate · deliberate · ponder · scrutinize · analyze

revise

overhaul

Complete systematic repair

restructure · reform · reframe · reconceive · reimagine · reinvent · transform · modify · adjust · alter

innovation

disrupt

Interrupt and disorder

brainstorm · reimagine · pioneer · unconventional · radical · visionary · experimentation

strategy

restrategize

Formulate a new approach

redirect · reprioritize · reposition · refocus · realign · approach · methodology · gameplan · roadmap · framework

Categories
Opposites
mental flexibility

rethinkdouble down

Strengthen one's stance

dig in · stand firm · maintain · uphold · defend

deliberation vs. impulse

rethinkrush in

Enter hastily and recklessly

forge ahead · plunge in · charge ahead · spoil

Family

rethinking, rethinks

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G