RE-CREATING Synonyms: 153 Similar and Opposite Words

recreating 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of recreate

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

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as in playing

to engage in activity for amusement an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century

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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.

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Visitors explore a Miniland made from LEGO bricks recreating local city landmarks, watch short films in a 4D Cinema with wind, rain and snow effects, ride small attractions and build alongside LEGO Master Model Builders. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026 If someone has already created the applet (the chances are good for common apps), there's no sense in recreating it for yourself. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026 Instead of constantly recreating governance processes from scratch, organizations can inherit mature operational controls from cloud ecosystems designed around continuous assurance. — Rob McCormick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Instead of making sourdough, Justine started doing vintage cosplay, recreating famous fashion photos. — Scott Westerfeld, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 Rather than recreating the originals outright, today’s red carpet versions borrow select elements from the past. — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 17 July 2026 Rather than recreating its past, the landmark hotel confidently writes its next chapter. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026 During scenes recreating protests, the boundary between fiction and reality collapsed. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 July 2026 Mikesell said the cost of Miami real estate makes recreating that studio complex unrealistic now. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

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Rather than recreating the originals outright, today’s red carpet versions borrow select elements from the past. — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 17 July 2026 Rather than recreating its past, the landmark hotel confidently writes its next chapter. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026 Oppenheimer, for which De Jong received an Oscar nomination, had been a massive production that shot in two countries and required, among other things, re-creating the early days of Los Alamos at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026 During scenes recreating protests, the boundary between fiction and reality collapsed. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 July 2026 Her most viral video of the activity shows Carter and Parker recreating various sports logos, from the MLB to Air Jordan, and now has more than 28 million views. — Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026 Persons recreating outdoors, or in campgrounds, should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm passes. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026 Our research makes clear that rebuilding the industrial base would not mean recreating the past. — Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 2 July 2026 Hibon says the filmmakers deliberately resisted recreating the look of the old cartoon. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreating

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Although most state agencies and programs were cut by 4% in fiscal year 2026 and 5% in fiscal year 2027, Wolff said the fiscal year 2028 budget is not the time or place to begin talking about restoring budget cuts.

— Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
The federal money would go toward projects like restoring and rebuilding infrastructure, parks, schools and senior centers, as well as housing and residential support.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of restoring

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Even with their side trip to Utah, Memphis had four of the top seven players in minutes in Vegas, helped by playing a sixth game in the championship.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Only the two teams that make the championship game playing a sixth game, but the Heat is likely out of the mix for the championship game with two losses in Las Vegas.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of playing

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Instead of stopping there, the model reportedly built its own computer vision pipeline to extract geometry from the image’s raw pixels before reconstructing the part.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Hugging Face said its security team and AI agents detected and stopped the intrusion, then began containing the breach and reconstructing what happened.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of reconstructing

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The rainfall in southern Virginia and North Carolina is needed to help quench drought conditions there, but too much rain repeating over the same areas over hours or days could quickly trigger dangerous flash flooding.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
From tailored button-downs to cargo pants and jumpsuits, Aniston proves that repeating versatile basics and refining your personal uniform is the key to mastering quiet luxury style.

— Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Definition of repeating

Verb

Each of these gems are very much worth revisiting, by the way, except maybe Fusion Frenzy, which remains interesting to me in only an historical, museum-artifact kind of way.

— Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Instead of revisiting that catalog, however, BASS WOMB ROOM looks inward.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 20 July 2026

Definition of revisiting

Verb

Tyson said investigators are interviewing witnesses, reviewing security footage and coordinating with the Anson County Sheriff’s Office, which responded to the office Tuesday after a confrontation between Helms and others.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
The device also features a small joystick, likely the 13th key, that can trigger reusable Codex Skills and common workflows such as debugging an error, reviewing a pull request, or refactoring code.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026

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