Synonyms of recounts

recounts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of recount

as in describes

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

• describes
• tells
• narrates
• chronicles
• relates
• reports
• recites
• details
• sets forth
• depicts
• charts
• states
• rehearses
• voices
• reveals
• discloses
• expresses
• enumerates
• utters
• gives
• exposes
• delivers
• divulges
• itemizes
• delineates
• particularizes
• renders
• reels off
• sketches
• bares
• lets on (about)

recounts

2 of 2

noun

plural of recount

as in amounts

Related Words

• amounts
• totals
• sums
• counts
• tallies
• tales
• censuses
• scores
• wholes
• grosses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recounts

Verb

Even Flynn, a high school history teacher whose curriculum recounts the cyclical nature of wars and revolutions, needed to believe in that possibility of a reprieve, despite reiterating death’s inevitability in the classroom. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026

The report recounts detainees saying that guards beat detainees in response to hunger strikes, requests for medical attention and complaints regarding detention conditions. — Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

In his 1944 book Man-eaters of Kumaon, Corbett recounts how Bachelor survived after being shot through the face, succumbing to the injuries from the subsequent bullets fired at him four days later. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

With humor and charm, the narrator recounts Ricky Daddy’s misadventures in love, until the narrative begins to shift in ways that cast the story in a different light. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2026

The play recounts the father-son dynamic between Shaw and his father, Thomas, who was also an alcoholic and who died when Robert Shaw was 12. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Caught between two opposing cultures, drawing on a cache of letters, documents, and remembrances, Ferrer meticulously recounts the travails of one migrant family and a punitive legal system that dogged them, skewering ideals of equity and fairness. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Jones recounts Marvin Gay’s funeral, and being at the deathbeds of Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026

Thrown into the perilous odyssey of the quest for Europe, Gift recounts the memories that led to her departure. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026

Noun

There are no automatic recounts in Indiana, but the losing candidate may request and pay for a recount regardless of the vote margin. — Robert Yoon, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026