Word.ws English Dictionary

thinks back

thinks back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of think back.

Meaning of think back

Verb

think back (third-person singular simple present thinks back, present participle thinking back, simple past and past participle thought back)

  1. (idiomatic) To think about a time or experience; to recall.
    • When I think back on those times we shared together, I can't help but feel a little sad.

Questions about thinks back

What is thinks back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Thinks back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of think back.

Words near thinks back in the dictionary

  1. thinkpieces
  2. thinks
  3. thinks about
  4. thinks all one's Christmases have come at once
  5. thinks aloud
  6. thinks back
  7. thinks big
  8. thinks for oneself
  9. thinks good
  10. thinks little of
  11. thinks much of

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thinks back (page history and authors); think back (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “thinks back.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/thinks_back. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.