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Definition of Second thought
1. Noun. Thinking again about a choice previously made. "He had second thoughts about his purchase"
Generic synonyms: Change Of Mind, Flip-flop, Reversal, Turnabout, Turnaround
Derivative terms: Reconsider, Rethink
Definition of Second thought
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of second thoughts) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Second Thought
Literary usage of Second thought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by Edward Sandford Martin (1914)
"A second thought rT~'HIS world 's the worst I ever saw; •*• I 'd like to make it
better; ... second thought."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"... simple as they may appear, until we have given the subject the rapid, it may
be, hut " sober second thought" of careful deliberation. ART. VII. ..."
3. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"But reviewing is too hasty and wilful for a second thought of it.— Yours faithfully,
GEORGE MEREDITH. To Sidney Lysaght. Box HILL, DORKING, June 6, 1906. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Meat must be with money bought; She therefore, upon second thought, InJ'us*dt
yet as it were by stealth, Some small regard fur state and ..."
5. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1904)
"THE sober second thought of the people at length sustained President Fillmore in
his purpose to uphold the peace settlement of 1850 as a final and ..."
6. History of the United States of America: Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1904)
"THE sober second thought of the people at length sustained President Fillmore in
his purpose to uphold the peace settlement of 1850 as a final and ..."
7. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"entirely rest with your Grace, without whose countenance it would be folly in me
to give the matter a second thought. With your patronage, both my situation ..."
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