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rethunk

rethunk is the past participle of rethink.

Meaning of rethink

Verb

rethink (third-person singular simple present rethinks, present participle rethinking, simple past and past participle rethought)

  1. To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it.
    • Disability rights advocates are encouraging people to rethink the words "crazy" and "insane" as they stigmatize mental health.

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Origin of rethunk

re- + thunk

Questions about rethunk

What is rethunk the past participle of?
Rethunk is the past participle of rethink.

Words near rethunk in the dictionary

  1. Rethuglicans
  2. rethunder
  3. rethundered
  4. rethundering
  5. rethunders
  6. rethunk
  7. Rethymno
  8. retia
  9. retia mirabila
  10. retia mirabilia
  11. retia testes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rethunk (page history and authors); rethink (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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