reconsideration

Questions about reconsideration

What does reconsideration mean?

reconsideration means "a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reconsideration?

reconsideration has 6 syllables: re-con-sid-e-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ɹikənˌsɪdɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for reconsideration?

Close synonyms include second thought, afterthought, rethink. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reconsideration a common word?

reconsideration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reconsideration?

133 words rhyme with reconsideration. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.