rearrange

verb

re·​ar·​range ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj 

rearranged; rearranging

transitive verb

: to arrange (something or someone) again in a different way

rearranged the flowers on the table

rearrange the furniture

I rearranged my hair/clothes/glasses.

… anagrams, which are words or phrases rearranged to form different words or phrases.

—Carolyn Phelan

… massaging his knees while he talks, frequently rearranging himself into a more comfortable position.

—Daniel Ross

Sarah is more or less grimacing now …. In a minute, she'll rearrange her face to look cheerful.

—Aurelie Sheehan

… rearranging their lives … to go back to school, to get the education that was denied them or that they did not want when they were young.

—Ruth Dorgan

… thousands of people had to cancel or rearrange their travel plans.

—Ken Young

Examples of rearrange in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The situation then escalated when the poster returned home from work to find the entire living room rearranged. —Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025

What started as a thought toward just painting and rearranging evolved into more of a retread. —Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Nov. 2025

The dearth of offense led the Wild to do some line rearranging, with Kaprizov getting some extra shifts in hopes of testing the Chicago goalie more often. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025

This is the work of installation artist Toby Fraley, who rearranges the charming scene inside his storefront regularly. —Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rearrange

• interchange
• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• exchange
• midrange
• change
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange

Kids Definition

rearrange

verb

re·​ar·​range

ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj

: to arrange again usually in a different way

rearranged the furniture

rearrangement noun