Meanings
verbchange one's mind (third-person singular simple present changes one's mind, present participle changing one's mind, simple past and past participle changed one's mind)
present singular third person changes one's mind · participle present changing one's mind · participle past changed one's mind · past changed one's mind
- idiomaticTo decide differently than one had decided before.
I’m looking for the ladies in this frantic sea But then I change my mind and I fall in love with me
2025 July 19, Pacifik, “Semicherubino”, in Wonderfool, performed by Pacifik3 more examples
What about the love we made so sweet? / Arе you sure you wanna go? (Are you sure?) / Think about it, baby, bеcause I know / I know that you wanna, you wanna change your mind
1982, Johnnie Taylor, “What About My Love”, in Just Ain't Good EnoughSo don’t necessarily assume that something has changed if I appear to have changed my mind, sometimes my mind is all that’s changed.
2006 Baggs, Amanda, Changes in Self-Awareness Over Time, Disclaimer on Assumptions, [http://] ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=294 May 2006Of course, I was not always right. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be "doomed to hit the buffers" […]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds.
2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Ancient Greek μεταμέλομαι
- μεταμέλομαι (metamélomai)to decide differently than one had decided before
Arabic غَيَّرَ رَأْيَهُ
- غَيَّرَ رَأْيَهُ (ḡayyara raʔyahu)to decide differently than one had decided before
Bulgarian разми́слям, разми́сля
- разми́слям (razmísljam)to decide differently than one had decided before
- разми́сля (razmíslja)to decide differently than one had decided before
Catalan canviar d'opinió, repensar-s'hi
- canviar d'opinióto decide differently than one had decided before
- repensar-s'hito decide differently than one had decided before
Chinese Mandarin 改變主意 /改变主意, 變卦 /变卦
- 改變主意 /改变主意 (gǎibiàn zhǔyì)to decide differently than one had decided before
- 變卦 /变卦 (biànguà)to decide differently than one had decided before
Czech změnit názor, rozmyslit se
- změnit názorto decide differently than one had decided before
- rozmyslit seto decide differently than one had decided before
Danish ombestemme sig
- ombestemme sigto decide differently than one had decided before
Dutch van gedachten veranderen, zich bedenken
- van gedachten veranderento decide differently than one had decided before
- zich bedenkento decide differently than one had decided before
Esperanto ŝanĝi sian opinion, decidi alie
- ŝanĝi sian opinionto decide differently than one had decided before
- decidi alieto decide differently than one had decided before
Estonian meelt muutma
- meelt muutmato decide differently than one had decided before
Finnish muuttaa mielensä, muuttaa mieltään
- muuttaa mielensäto decide differently than one had decided before
- muuttaa mieltäänto decide differently than one had decided before
French changer d'avis, se raviser
- changer d'avisto decide differently than one had decided before
- se raviserto decide differently than one had decided before
German seine Meinung ändern, sich umentscheiden
- seine Meinung ändernto decide differently than one had decided before
- sich umentscheidento decide differently than one had decided before
- es sich anders überlegento decide differently than one had decided before
Hebrew שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעֲתוֹ
- שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעֲתוֹ (shiná et da'ató)to decide differently than one had decided before
Hungarian meggondolja magát
- meggondolja magátto decide differently than one had decided before
Icelandic sjá sig um hönd, hringla með
- sjá sig um höndto decide differently than one had decided before
- hringla meðto decide differently than one had decided before
Irish intinn a athrú
- intinn a athrúto decide differently than one had decided before
Italian cambiare idea
- cambiare ideato decide differently than one had decided before
Japanese 気が変わる, 思い直す
- 気が変わる (ki ga kawaru)to decide differently than one had decided before
- 思い直す (omoinaosu)to decide differently than one had decided before
Korean 마음을 바꾸다, 의견을 바꾸다
- 마음을 바꾸다 (ma'eum-eul bakkuda)to decide differently than one had decided before
- 의견을 바꾸다 (uigyeon-eul bakkuda)to decide differently than one had decided before
- 생각을 바꾸다 (saenggag-eul bakkuda)to decide differently than one had decided before
- 결심을 바꾸다 (gyeolsim-eul bakkuda)to decide differently than one had decided before
- 고쳐 생각하다 (gocheo saenggakhada)to decide differently than one had decided before
Latin sententiam muto
- sententiam mutoto decide differently than one had decided before
Lithuanian persigalvoti
- persigalvotito decide differently than one had decided before
Māori kihirua
- kihiruato decide differently than one had decided before
Norwegian Bokmål skifte mening, endre oppfatning
- skifte meningto decide differently than one had decided before
- endre oppfatningto decide differently than one had decided before
- ombestemme segto decide differently than one had decided before
Polish zmieniać zdanie, zmienić zdanie
- zmieniać zdanieto decide differently than one had decided before
- zmienić zdanieto decide differently than one had decided before
- rozmyślać sięto decide differently than one had decided before
- rozmyślić sięto decide differently than one had decided before
Portuguese mudar de ideia
- mudar de ideiato decide differently than one had decided before
Romanian răzgândi
- răzgândito decide differently than one had decided before
Russian переду́мывать, переду́мать
- переду́мывать (peredúmyvatʹ)to decide differently than one had decided before
- переду́мать (peredúmatʹ)to decide differently than one had decided before
- разду́мывать (razdúmyvatʹ)to decide differently than one had decided before
- разду́мать (razdúmatʹ)to decide differently than one had decided before
Slovak zmeniť názor, rozmyslieť sa
- zmeniť názorto decide differently than one had decided before
- rozmyslieť sato decide differently than one had decided before
Spanish cambiar de opinión, cambiar de idea
- cambiar de opiniónto decide differently than one had decided before
- cambiar de ideato decide differently than one had decided before
- mudar de parecerto decide differently than one had decided before
- arrepentirseto decide differently than one had decided before
Swedish ändra sig, ändra åsikt
- ändra sigto decide differently than one had decided before
- ändra åsiktto decide differently than one had decided before
- ändra meningto decide differently than one had decided before
Thai เปลี่ยนใจ
- เปลี่ยนใจ (bplìian-jai)to decide differently than one had decided before
Turkish fikrini değiştirmek
- fikrini değiştirmekto decide differently than one had decided before
Ukrainian переду́мувати, переду́мати
- переду́мувати (peredúmuvaty)to decide differently than one had decided before
- переду́мати (peredúmaty)to decide differently than one had decided before
- розду́мати (rozdúmaty)to decide differently than one had decided before
Vietnamese đổi ý, thay đổi ý định
- đổi ýto decide differently than one had decided before
- thay đổi ý địnhto decide differently than one had decided before
Cite this entry
APA
change one's mind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/change%20one's%20mind
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“change one's mind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/change%20one's%20mind. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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