Synonyms of rehearsing

rehearsing

verb

present participle of rehearse

1

as in practicing

to do over and over so as to become skilled

the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductor's satisfaction

Synonyms & Similar Words

• practicing
• exercising
• repeating
• running over
• refining
• drilling
• studying
• perfecting
• reviewing
• preparing (for)
• working (at or on)
• training (with)
• pointing (for)
• grooving

2

as in describing

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 & Similar Words

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

3

as in repeating

to say or state again

rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repeating
• reiterating
• iterating
• coming again
• dinning
• chiming
• summarizing
• echoing
• paraphrasing
• rewording
• outlining
• mouthing
• recapitulating
• recapping
• parroting
• encapsulating
• summing up
• abstracting
• reechoing
• epitomizing

4

as in reciting

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 & Similar Words

• reciting
• listing
• outlining
• detailing
• itemizing
• enumerating
• ticking (off)
• mentioning
• numerating
• cataloging
• figuring
• reeling off
• tabulating
• calculating
• inventorying
• estimating
• citing
• tallying
• computing
• charting
• graphing
• naming
• diagramming
• reckoning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generalizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rehearsing

The troupe, led by famous but unstable director Dado Levytskyy (Skarsgård), is rehearsing a new translation of an old Polish play. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

While rehearsing for her Coachella performance, Slayyyter found out her boyfriend had cheated on her; over the following weeks, her album WOR$ST GIRL IN AMERICA and subsequent Mojave Stage appearance would mark her biggest career successes to date. — Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026

In true Eaux Claires fashion, the pair are rehearsing not in a huge recording studio or arena but in a local college auditorium. — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 23 July 2026

Just like in Dirty Dancing, rehearsing and performing duets brought the two teens closer together. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 July 2026

Per the official, work was underway on a different part of the stage from where the dancers were rehearsing when the crash took place. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

The four surviving members of the band were in Palatine earlier this month with drummer Jeff Kmiec to begin rehearsing a 21-song set for their upcoming show. — Chris Placek, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

One group inflated a giant disco ball, while another smeared themselves with body paint next to a line of rehearsing dancers. — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026

The trouper from Chicago who played Olivia was now throwing fits about rehearsing with an intern. — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026