Synonyms for repeat
- verb
- noun
Most common
duplicate replicate reiterate iterate recapitulate re-express echo recur
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Reiterate
reiterate, iterate, re-state, retell, ingeminate rare
3. Recapitulate
recapitulate, reprise, reprize rare
4. Re-occur
Other
echo, recur, say, re-do, re-air, re-enforce, rehearse, relate, renovate, renew rare, recourse dated, recrudesce rare
Noun
1. Repetition
repetition, reiteration, reoccurrence, recurring, replication, iteration
Definitions
- v. 1
To do or say again (and again).
The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
- v. 2
To refill (a prescription).
- v. 3
To happen again; recur.
A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
- n. 1
An iteration; a repetition.
We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
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To recite or repeat is usually to quote orally, tho recite is applied in legal phrase to a particular statement of facts which is not a quotation; a kindred use obtains in ordinary speech; as, to recite one's misfortunes.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- duplicate I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.
- replicate Can Algeria replicate the Turkish economic model?
- reiterate Ziri had to reiterate his original terms.
- recapitulate Please recapitulate the most important points.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| repeat | rising | |
| duplicate | falling | |
| replicate | rising | |
| reiterate | steady | |
| iterate | rising | |
| recapitulate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- say1
- 4 letters
- echo2
- 5 letters
- quote1, renew2, recur2
- 6 letters
- double2, relate2, retell2
- 7 letters
- imitate3, reprise2, iterate, reprize
- 8 letters
- recourse2, renovate3, rehearse2, redouble3
- 9 letters
- recurring3, duplicate3, reproduce3, replicate3, iteration4, reiterate4
- 10 letters
- repetition4, ingeminate, recrudesce
- 11 letters
- replication4, reiteration5, reduplicate
- 12 letters
- recapitulate5, reoccurrence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (echo2 = 2 syllables).