Synonyms of reconstructing

reconstructing

verb

present participle of reconstruct

1

as in rebuilding

to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed

After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up.

Related Words

• rebuilding
• overhauling
• repairing
• rehabilitating
• restoring
• regenerating
• modifying
• refurbishing
• renovating
• aiding
• healing
• fixing up
• furbishing
• revamping
• patching
• reconditioning
• rehabbing
• helping
• fixing
• preparing
• curing
• maintaining
• doctoring
• reviving
• mending
• servicing
• improving
• conditioning
• adjusting
• revitalizing
• renewing
• readying
• reforming
• rectifying
• correcting
• rejuvenating
• redressing
• enhancing
• refreshing
• freshening
• righting
• enriching
• ameliorating
• caring (for)
• bettering
• refreshening
• meliorating

Dissimilar Words

• wrecking
• breaking
• damaging
• ruining
• hurting
• impairing
• injuring
• harming
• spoiling
• defacing
• disfiguring
• marring
• vandalizing
• disabling
• mutilating
• crippling
• flawing
• blemishing
• mangling
• maiming

2

as in re-creating

to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reconstructing

Computer models of impacts this large remain computationally difficult, especially when reconstructing events that happened billions of years ago. —Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026

For me, reconstructing memories from that time in my life was a tremendous challenge. —Literary Hub, 7 May 2026

The dust has officially settled from the NFL draft, as the Dallas Cowboys have put in the bulk of their offseason work on reconstructing a porous defense from 2025 that ranked 30th in yards allowed and last in points allowed. —Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026

Diet shapes destiny The dietary changes in the East African Rift Valley over the past 4 million years, documented through tooth enamel, are providing important clues for reconstructing the environment in which humans’ ancestors lived and how those environments changed. —Zelalem Bedaso, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026

Understanding these building blocks is key to reconstructing how the universe evolved from the fiery hot plasma that permeated space after the Big Bang to the structured web of galaxies observed today. —Mariangela Lisanti, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026

Archaeologist Eric Cline has spent his career forensically reconstructing why, and the answer is far stranger and more unsettling than a single catastrophic event. —Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026

Now Miami head coach Mario Cristobal and offensive line coach Alex Mirabal are tasked with reconstructing the unit that proved so crucial to the Hurricanes’ College Football Playoff run. —Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026

It's achieved substantial improvements in tasks like reconstructing the universe’s initial conditions, cleaning up foreground contamination from faint cosmic signals, and fine-tuning physics in N-body simulations. —Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026