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Synonyms for recap

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

review overview summarize recapitulate

All synonyms

Verb

review, summarize, summarise UK, overview, recapitulate, re-tread, sum up

Noun

1. Recapitulation

summary, summarization, summarisation UK, summing up

Other

run-through, recapitulation

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To seal (something) again with a cap.

    They're planning to recap those oil wells permanently.

  2. n. 1

    A tire that has had new tread glued on.

    He refused to buy recaps because he didn't trust them not to come apart on the highway.

Related words

Is a kind of
cap cap off

Forms

Plural
recaps → summaries, summarizations, run-throughs, recapitulations…
Past participle
recapped
e.g. recapped → reviewed, summarized, overviewed, recapitulated…

Example sentences

  • review I just scored 15/15 on a review test for Unit II.
  • overview Before we begin, let's have a quick overview of Java 8.
  • summarize Could you please summarize the pertinent points?
  • recapitulate Please recapitulate the most important points.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
recaprising
reviewsteady
overviewrising
summarizesteady
recapitulatefalling

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

By length

6 letters
review2
7 letters
summary3
8 letters
overview3
9 letters
summarize3, summarise
12 letters
recapitulate5
13 letters
summarization, summarisation
14 letters
recapitulation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (review2 = 2 syllables).