second thought
Doubt after deciding
A second thought is a reconsideration or doubt that follows an initial decision or impression.
The phrase appears most often in fixed expressions: on second thought signals a change of mind, while without a second thought means immediately and unhesitatingly.
To have second thoughts is to waver about something already decided: She's having second thoughts about the wedding.
- rethinkEvaluate again differently
- think againRevise your reasoning
- change of mindRevised opinion or decision
- change one's mindRevise a previous conclusion
- cold feetPre-event loss of confidence
getting cold feet · afterthought · think twice · reassess · qualm · misgiving · reservation · review · self-doubt · change of heart · deliberation · sleep on it · regret · hesitation · buyer's remorse · reversal · uncertainty · ambivalence
- Mind/Thought Idiomsbrainstorm, brain wave, think tank, mental block, blank mind
- doubtdoubt, doubts, doubting, doubtful, skepticism
- thoughtsidea, thoughts, ideas, thinking, notion
- mindset shiftsperspective shift, attitude shift, paradigm shift, reframe, reframing
- introspectionself-examination, self-reflection, self-awareness, self-analysis, introspection
- memoriesmemories, remember, recollections, childhood memory, childhood memories
second thoughtgut reaction
Immediate unthinking feeling
instinct · knee-jerk reaction · snap judgment · impulse · reflex
second thoughtfirm resolve
absolute certainty · decisiveness · single-mindedness · steadfastness · determination
second thoughtinitial reaction
first impression · first instinct · original thought · opening gambit
second, thought, secondary, reconsider, second thoughts, reconsideration, secondarily, seconder, second-guessing