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Synonyms for reboot

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

boot recommence reinitiate re-build remake

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Boot

boot, bring up

2. Recommence — restart; to return to an initial configuration or state

restart, recommence, reinitiate, rebegin

Other

remake, re-build

Noun

1. Sequel — the restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity

sequel, spin-off

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    Restart; to return to an initial configuration or state.

  2. v. 2

    To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

    We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.

  3. n. 1

    The restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity.

Related words

Phrases
soft reboot
Is a kind of
bootup restart

Forms

Plural
reboots → sequels, spin-offs…
Past participle
rebooted
e.g. rebooted → booted, restarted, recommenced, reinitiated…

Example sentences

  • boot A wife is not a boot. You can't just kick her off.
  • remake Never remake a move because a move never returns.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rebootrising
bootrising
recommencesteady
reinitiaterising
remakerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
boot1
6 letters
sequel2, remake2
7 letters
restart2, rebegin
10 letters
recommence, reinitiate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sequel2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
redémarrer
Italiano
riavviare