Synonyms of recounting

recounting

verb

present participle of recount

as in describing

to give an oral or written account of in some detail

a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• telling
• chronicling
• narrating
• relating
• reporting
• reciting
• detailing
• depicting
• charting
• setting forth
• rehearsing
• voicing
• stating
• revealing
• disclosing
• uttering
• enumerating
• expressing
• delivering
• giving
• exposing
• divulging
• itemizing
• rendering
• baring
• particularizing
• delineating
• sketching
• reeling off
• letting on (about)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recounting

Now, 25 years later, and for the first time since the day of the crash, her family is publicly recounting Hilda’s story. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

When Gendelman was a student at Colorado State University, a girlfriend encouraged him to record Yasha recounting his childhood. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2026

Rather than simply recounting military history, the campaign encourages teachers to explore the wider effects of war on families, communities and people who never served in uniform. — Rich Percival, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

The film marks Dior’s second animation project this year, after collaborating with French studio Remembers, founded by Ugo Bienvenu and Félix de Givry, on a film recounting the story of its signature fragrance Miss Dior. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Kannan and others took turns standing in the bed, and recounting the firing of doctors and staff, until a white Grand Wagoneer pulled up and El-Sayed got out. — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Roberto Sosa often took long pauses while recounting the incident and paused to wipe his eyes. — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

The sentence was delivered on Monday afternoon in a federal courthouse mere steps from First Liberty’s former offices, after more than an hour of impassioned victims recounting the devastation caused by Frost and First Liberty. — Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 27 Oct. 2026

The process of recounting past encounters is one fraught with traps, says Sachs, as human minds tend to re-enact them in the mind, often editing, sometimes finding specific moments deeply burned in. — Will Tizard, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026