recast

re·cast

transitive verb \(ˌ)rē-ˈkast\

re·castre·cast·ing

Definition of RECAST

: to cast again <recast a gun> <recast a play>; also : remodel, refashion <recasts his political image to fit the times>

— re·cast \ˈrē-ˌkast, (ˌ)rē-ˈ\ noun

Examples of RECAST

1. The director decided to recast the movie with unknowns.
2. When she quit the movie, I was recast in the leading role.
3. The director recast some of the actors in the play.
4. You should recast the last sentence in your essay to make it clearer.
5. He recast his political image to fit the times.

First Known Use of RECAST

1603

Related to RECAST

Synonyms

alter, make over, modify, change, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Antonyms

fix, freeze, set, stabilize

Related Words

deform, metamorphose, mutate; regenerate, revolutionize, transfigure, transform, transmute; commute, convert, exchange; rejigger, retool

Rhymes with RECAST

aghast, at last, avast, bedfast, Belfast, bombast, broadcast, bypast, contrast, dicast, dismast, downcast, dynast, fantast, flypast, forecast, foremast, forepassed, full blast, gymnast, half-caste, half-mast, handfast, holdfast, lightfast, mainmast, makefast, march-past, miscast, newscast, oblast, offcast, outcast, outcaste, precast, repast, roughcast, sandblast, sand-cast, shamefast, sportscast, topmast, trade-last, typecast, upcast, webcast, windblast