Synonyms of recreate

recreate 1 of 2

verb (1)

ˈre-krē-ˌāt 

1

as in to restore

to bring back to a former condition or vigor

supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restore
• revive
• refresh
• renovate
• renew
• regenerate
• redevelop
• replenish
• revitalize
• repair
• freshen
• rejuvenate
• resuscitate
• revivify
• recharge
• refurbish
• reconstitute
• reclaim
• redesign
• refreshen
• remodel
• rehabilitate
• reengineer
• remake
• overhaul
• redo
• recondition
• refill
• modernize
• update
• rehab
• resupply
• make over

2

as in to play

to engage in activity for amusement

an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century

Synonyms & Similar Words

• play
• entertain
• relax
• toy
• frolic
• sport
• amuse
• disport
• please
• joke
• rest
• cavort
• hang
• rollick
• dabble
• delight
• romp
• divert
• skylark
• gambol
• tease
• trifle
• frisk
• dally
• hang about
• idle
• fiddle (around)
• loaf
• bum (around)
• screw around
• putter (around)
• lounge (around or about)
• dawdle
• slack (off)
• jest
• mess around
• goldbrick

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work
• strive
• struggle
• slave
• labor
• plug (away)
• toil
• strain
• sweat
• plod
• drudge

re-create

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verb (2)

variants or recreate

as in to reconstruct

to make (something) exist or appear to exist again

The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.

The performers re-create famous Civil War battles.

Related Words

• reconstruct
• revisit
• repeat
• review
• reinvent
• reimagine
• gather
• re-enact
• solve
• reconceptualize
• redefine
• reexamine
• rethink
• reconsider
• reanalyze
• reevaluate
• judge
• work
• reassess
• reduplicate
• reenvision
• resolve
• reconceive
• reappraise
• reinvestigate
• rehear
• reweigh
• decide
• figure out
• deduce
• infer
• answer
• unravel
• conclude
• work out
• restudy
• readdress
• reexplore
• piece together
• revise
• guess
• speculate
• presume
• rectify
• assume
• straighten (out)
• divine
• reason
• puzzle (out)
• crack
• decipher
• iron out
• amend
• clear (up)
• correct
• unscramble
• remedy
• dope (out)
• decode
• break
• untangle
• untie
• riddle (out)
• reform
• unriddle
• conjecture
• emend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recreate

Verb

Cut sketches include one in which Mitchell and Webb play English Civil War re-enactors who have grown bored of their roles and recreate a conflict between government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a rebel militia. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Galileo's demise also demonstrated a bit of planetary protection for NASA, which would later recreate the death dive at Saturn with Cassini's Grand Finale as way to protect that planet's icy moons from contamination as well. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026

In 2018, Crawford and Presley, 18 at the time, re-created her iconic 1992 Pepsi ad for Super Bowl LII. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

One of his earliest experiments at university was an ordinary clothes peg recreated in sterling silver. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026