REELING OFF Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

reeling off

verb

present participle of reel off

as in reciting

to give from memory he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing

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reading

as in listing

to specify one after another her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years

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generalizing

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Recent Examples of reeling off The Phillies are also in playoff position after reeling off 10 losses in a row. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Hochul hit back by suggesting the Knicks are head and shoulders ahead of the Spurs after a reeling off an amazing 11-game playoff winning streak and two straight series sweeps. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026 Vegas has reached its fifth conference final in its nine-year existence by reeling off 15 wins in 20 games under Tortorella, knocking off Utah and then Anaheim in the playoffs. — Nate Peterson, Denver Post, 19 May 2026 Dent’s emergence helped a young and relatively inexperienced Saint Mary’s squad keep rolling along, reeling off eight consecutive wins late in the season, including home-court thrashings of Santa Clara and Gonzaga. — Ron Kroichick, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026 The 2025 team won nine of 10 games before reeling off nine in a row during the posteason. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026 The 28-year-old Italian has been a model of consistency reeling off top-10 results this season and sixth place in the Olympic downhill at nearby Cortina d’Ampezzo. — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 The Pats started the year 1-2 before reeling off 16 wins in their final 17 games. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 Jan. 2026 Most notably, his quarterfinal win against Brandon Nakashima on Sunday was simply breathtaking, with Alcaraz reeling off several shots which made for a spectacular highlights reel. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

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Verb

Bowie allegedly told other users about her oath and shared the audio file of her reciting the pledge with them.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
The process can take many forms – journaling, reciting the Psalm, YouTubing the Shofar, giving tzedakah, meditating, reading.

— Risa Polansky Shiman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of reciting

Verb

Nepal's government has published continuous updates on rescue efforts, including creating a website listing the names of those rescued.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Holding a phone camera with one hand and a lighter in the other, Chamel Abdulkarim is heard in the video listing off complaints about not being paid enough to get by.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of listing

Verb

In other words, cruise etiquette isn’t about memorizing a list of dos and don’ts.

— Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026
Trey Watson Chiefs coach Andy Reid’s playbook is famous for its complexity, and as a result rookies have had trouble memorizing it early in their careers.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of memorizing

Verb

Sabato De Sarno, who was succeeded by Demna as the creative head of Gucci in 2025, has been sharing his passion for art with his 314,000 followers on Instagram, also detailing book, scholarship and design jury projects.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Images of massive fires at oil refineries and warehouses showed up online despite restrictions on publication of content detailing the attacks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of detailing

Verb

Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague offered a timeline of the last seven days of deliberations, outlining to Wendlandt when the jury issued deadlock notes and questions, and how those were handled in court.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
The report starts by outlining how the league browbeats front offices with memos and other communication about cap circumvention and what qualifies, which is absolutely correct.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of outlining

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