Synonyms for rehearse

Most common

repeat · tell · narrate · describe

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Verb

Antonyms

improvise, ad-lib, extemporize

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.

   The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.

Related words

Word family

rehearsal

Forms

Past participle

rehearsed
e.g. rehearsed → repeated, teld, narrated, described…

Example sentences

• repeat History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
• narrate Who is going to narrate a tale this evening?
• practice It takes years of practice to play the piano well.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

tell¹

6 letters

detail², repeat², relate², depict²

7 letters

narrate²

8 letters

practice², describe², practise²

9 letters

reiterate⁴, enumerate⁴

12 letters

recapitulate⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (detail² = 2 syllables).

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