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rehearse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rehearse

1 to do over and over so as to become skilled

  • the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductorʼs satisfaction
Synonyms of rehearse

exercise, practice (also practise), run over
Words Related to rehearse

groove, perfect, refine

point (for), prepare (for), train (with)

drill, repeat

work (at or on)

review, study

2 to give an oral or written account of in some detail

  • wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel
Synonyms of rehearse

chart, chronicle, describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell
Words Related to rehearse

deliver, give, reel off, state, utter, voice

detail, enumerate, itemize, particularize

bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal

delineate, depict, express, render, sketch
Phrases Synonymous with rehearse

set forth

3 to say or state again

  • rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting
Synonyms of rehearse

chime, din, iterate, reiterate, repeat
Words Related to rehearse

paraphrase, reword

echo, reecho

mouth, parrot

abstract, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, recapitulate, summarize, sum up
Phrases Synonymous with rehearse

come again

4 to specify one after another

  • rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind
Synonyms of rehearse

detail, enumerate, itemize, list, numerate, recite, reel off, tick (off)
Words Related to rehearse

outline

tabulate, tally

catalog (or catalogue), inventory

chart, diagram, graph

calculate, compute, estimate, figure, reckon

cite, mention, name
Near Antonyms of rehearse

generalize

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