Synonyms for revision
All synonyms
Noun
Other
review UK US AU, emendation, modification, reconsideration, alteration, recension, going over, rub up, castigation
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of revising: The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.
Related words
- Word family
- revisional review revisal revise revisionary
- Phrases
- revision week
Forms
- Plural
- revisions → revises, revisals, rescripts, reviews…
Example sentences
- revise The reason I got a bad mark is that I didn't revise.
- modification Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.
- alteration The sales plan allows of no alteration.
- reconsideration There is no room for reconsideration.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| revision | falling | |
| revise | falling | |
| rescript | falling | |
| revisal | falling | |
| modification | falling | |
| alteration | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- review2, revise2
- 7 letters
- revisal
- 8 letters
- rescript
- 9 letters
- recension
- 10 letters
- alteration4, emendation
- 11 letters
- castigation
- 12 letters
- modification5
- 15 letters
- reconsideration6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (review2 = 2 syllables).