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

Passengers whose flights are covered by an airline travel advisory can rebook their travel to a future date for free. —Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Airlines will automatically rebook you on another flight if your flight is canceled. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026

If your flight is canceled, the airline will usually try to rebook you on a later flight. —Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026

Those agents can often rebook you just the same. —Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 24 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