rebook

verb

re·​book (ˌ)rē-ˈbu̇k 

rebooked; rebooking; rebooks

transitive + intransitive

: to book again or anew

rebooking the passengers on other flights

The band had to rebook their shows.

rebook a hotel room

Seats were still hard to come by as passengers scrambled to rebook flights.

—Corilyn Shropshire

… was rebooked on suspicion of battery against a correctional officer after an incident that took place while he was in custody.

—Gus Thomson

When I tried to rebook, an agent told me there were no options in the Caribbean for the same dates.

—Christopher Elliott

Examples of rebook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Operations at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport were paralyzed on Monday, with flight delays of up to six hours, as airlines urged passengers to rebook their travel. —ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026

All airlines can rebook a passenger on the same airline for no additional cost. —Noe Padilla, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026

Like American, Southwest passengers can also choose to rebook to fly to or from Midland/Odessa, Albuquerque, Lubbock or Tucson. —Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026

United Airlines issued a travel advisory allowing passengers to rebook for free if they’re ticketed to fly in, out or through 14 airports in the Southeast Friday to Sunday. —Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rebook

• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook
• chinook
• codebook
• cookbook
• fishhook
• forsook
• guidebook
• handbook
• hornbook