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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of reading

1 a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view
  • a very bizarre reading of one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies by an alternative theater company
Synonyms of reading

account, interpretation, performance, rendition, version
Words Related to reading

adaptation, reworking, variation
2 something assigned to be read or studied
  • make sure you do the assigned reading for tonight
Synonyms of reading

assignment, lesson
Words Related to reading

homework, schoolwork

lecture

drill, exercise, practice (also practise)

étude, study

reading

verb , present participle of read

Synonyms and Antonyms of reading

1 to go over and mentally take in the content of
  • he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast
Synonyms of reading

perusing, poring (over)
Words Related to reading

browsing, dipping (into), leafing (through), scanning, skimming, speed-reading, thumbing (through), turning over

devouring, gobbling (up)

slogging (through), wading (through)

rereading

proofreading

deciphering

reviewing, studying

apprehending, comprehending, getting, grasping, making, making out, perceiving, seeing, tumbling (to), understanding
2 to tell of or describe beforehand
  • the psychic claimed to be able to read his future
Synonyms of reading

auguring, calling, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosticating, prophesying, vaticinating
Words Related to reading

alerting, cautioning, forewarning, warning

boding, foreboding (also forboding), portending, promising

anticipating, divining, foreknowing, foreseeing

announcing, declaring, heralding, proclaiming
Near Antonyms of reading

describing, narrating, reciting, recounting, relating, reporting, telling

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