noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or habit of vetting, evaluating; criticizing or correcting, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The act or habit of anticipating or predicting someone's actions or thoughts by guesswork. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of second-guess form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

consideragitatebethinkmuseoutguessoverthink

Example

More examples

"We can't start second-guessing ourselves."

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