| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade; influence |
Synonyms: |
change mind, compel, direct, mold, shape, subdue, submit, sway, yield |
| Main Entry: | reconsider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about again |
Synonyms: |
amend, change one's mind, consider again, correct, emend, go over, have second thoughts, polish, rearrange, reassess, recheck, reevaluate, reexamine, rehash, replan, rethink, retrace, review, revise, reweigh, rework, run through, see in a new light, sleep on, take another look, think better of, think over, think twice, work over |
Antonyms: |
ignore, refuse |
| Main Entry: | relent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die down; let up |
Synonyms: |
acquiesce, be merciful, capitulate, cave in, change one's mind, come around, comply, cool it, cry uncle, die away, drop, ease, ease off, ease up on, ebb, fall, fold, forbear, give in, give quarter, give some slack, give up, give way, go along with, go easy on, have mercy, have pity, lay back, let go, let it happen, lighten up, mellow out, melt, moderate, quit, relax, say uncle, show mercy, slacken, slow, soften, subside, wane, weaken, yield |
Antonyms: |
build, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | retract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; renege on |
Synonyms: |
abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change one's mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat one's words, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on, have change of heart, nig, pull back, pull in, recall, recant, recede, reel in, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, rule out, sheathe, suspend, take back, take in, unsay, welsh, withdraw |
| Notes: | recant means to formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, while retract means to take back or to draw back or in |
Antonyms: |
corroborate, emphasize, reaffirm, repeat |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposite |
Synonyms: |
about-face, antipode, antipole, antithesis, back, bottom, change of mind, contra, contradiction, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, counterpole, flip side, flip-flop, inverse, other side, overturning, rear, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversal, reversement, reversion, switch, turn, turn around, turnabout, turning, underside, verso, volte-face, wrong side |
Antonyms: |
identical, same |
| Main Entry: | take back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract |
Synonyms: |
abjure, back down, backpedal, call off, cancel, change one's mind, eat one's words, forget it, go back on, have change of heart, recall, recant, reclaim, renege, repeal, repossess, repudiate, rescind, revoke, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | U-turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | about-face |
Synonyms: |
U-ey, backtracking, change of heart, change of mind, change of plan, eating one's words, one-eighty, retraction, reversal, sea change, turnaround, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | vacillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go back and forth |
Synonyms: |
alternate, be indecisive, be irresolute, change, change mind, dither, fence-straddle, fluctuate, hedge, hem and haw, hesitate, hover, oscillate, pause, pussyfoot around, reel, rock, run hot and cold, seesaw, shilly-shally, stagger, straddle, sway, swing, waffle, waver, whiffle, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | waffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waver |
Synonyms: |
change, change one's mind, equivocate, flip-flop, vacillate, yo-yo |
| Main Entry: | blow hot and cold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep off and on |
Synonyms: |
be on the fence, change one's mind, chop and change, flip-flop, fluctuate, vacillate, will and will not, wobble about |