Synonyms of recreating

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verb (1)

present participle of recreate

1

as in restoring

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

• restoring
• reviving
• refreshing
• renovating
• renewing
• repairing
• redeveloping
• regenerating
• replenishing
• revitalizing
• resuscitating
• rejuvenating
• redesigning
• freshening
• recharging
• revivifying
• refurbishing
• remodeling
• overhauling
• reconstituting
• remaking
• reclaiming
• rehabilitating
• refreshening
• redoing
• updating
• refilling
• reengineering
• reconditioning
• modernizing
• rehabbing
• resupplying
• making over

2

as in playing

to engage in activity for amusement

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playing
• toying
• entertaining
• frolicking
• sporting
• rollicking
• relaxing
• amusing
• joking
• disporting
• delighting
• cavorting
• romping
• resting
• dabbling
• dallying
• skylarking
• pleasing
• hanging
• diverting
• teasing
• frisking
• gamboling
• trifling
• idling
• fiddling (around)
• loafing
• puttering (around)
• screwing around
• lounging (around or about)
• dawdling
• messing around
• jesting
• hanging about
• slacking (off)
• bumming (around)
• goldbricking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• struggling
• striving
• laboring
• toiling
• sweating
• straining
• plugging (away)
• plodding
• slaving
• drudging

re-creating

2 of 2

verb (2)

variants or recreating

present participle of re-create

as in reconstructing

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

• reconstructing
• reviewing
• revisiting
• repeating
• reinventing
• reimagining
• re-enacting
• reconceptualizing
• redefining
• gathering
• solving
• reduplicating
• reexamining
• rethinking
• reconceiving
• judging
• reanalyzing
• reevaluating
• working
• reconsidering
• reassessing
• reenvisioning
• reappraising
• rehearing
• resolving
• restudying
• answering
• reweighing
• readdressing
• unraveling
• deciding
• deducing
• inferring
• reinvestigating
• concluding
• reexploring
• cracking
• figuring out
• piecing together
• revising
• reasoning
• working out
• speculating
• guessing
• deciphering
• riddling (out)
• assuming
• correcting
• untangling
• amending
• rectifying
• remedying
• decoding
• reforming
• presuming
• doping (out)
• straightening (out)
• divining
• untying
• clearing (up)
• puzzling (out)
• conjecturing
• breaking
• ironing out
• unriddling
• emending
• unscrambling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recreating

Verb

The result is an event that mixes coffee and cold plunges with music and fitness, recreating the party atmosphere around a completely different centerpiece. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Rather than simply recreating the 1944 MoMA exhibition, the Frost presentation expands the story through additional artworks, photographs, correspondence and archival material. — Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Now the production team has been tasked with recreating—with cameras and human actors—something that reality can’t match. — Marleen Huysman, Harvard Business Review, 16 Sep. 2026

The energy in each collision converted into a spray of particles, recreating the first moments of a cosmic rainstorm. — Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

From a site near the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, 88 powerful blue lights project twin beams up to four miles into the sky, recreating the silhouette of the Twin Towers. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Carrozzini said recreating specific human behaviors through AI was the most challenging technical part of this exercise. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Forecasters advise those working or recreating outdoors as well as those without air conditioning to follow the forecast this week, stay hydrated, and seek cooling centers when possible. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The roommates count down together before sharing one last group hug outside the OG house, recreating the kind of emotional farewell that closed out the original Jersey Shore. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Verb

Clearing the uncertainty Neutron capture reactions are difficult to measure directly because recreating stellar conditions in the laboratory is hard; the reactions are infrequent, and the nuclei involved are short-lived. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

The result is an event that mixes coffee and cold plunges with music and fitness, recreating the party atmosphere around a completely different centerpiece. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Rather than simply recreating the 1944 MoMA exhibition, the Frost presentation expands the story through additional artworks, photographs, correspondence and archival material. — Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Now the production team has been tasked with recreating—with cameras and human actors—something that reality can’t match. — Marleen Huysman, Harvard Business Review, 16 Sep. 2026

Hargitay has channeled Mansfield through style several times throughout her career, most recently re-creating several of the star’s looks while making the rounds to promote My Mom Jayne. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

The roommates count down together before sharing one last group hug outside the OG house, recreating the kind of emotional farewell that closed out the original Jersey Shore. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

There are signs, however, that the fallcation is recreating some of same problems travelers are trying to avoid in the summer. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Carrozzini did not shoot a single frame of his protagonist, instead recreating Rosso at different stages of his life using AI. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026