REHEARSING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

rehearsing

verb

present participle of rehearse

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

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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

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as in repeating

to say or state again rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting

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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

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generalizing

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Recent Examples of rehearsing Filipino music band Samasama Project is rehearsing for the concert called the Great Filipino Songbook. —

Joe Donlon, CBS News, 13 May 2026 The couple met in an acting class taught by Mira Rostova and fell in love while rehearsing a Dorothy Parker play before eventually settling in Los Angeles. —

Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026 As in the novel, the musical — which Dart again co-scripted, this time with Thom Thomas — begins in the ‘80s with fictional singing sensation Cee Cee Bloom (Jessica Vosk) rehearsing a number for her long-running TV variety show. —

Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 The results are already visible in logistics, manufacturing, and autonomous systems—warehouse robots navigating crowded spaces with fewer collisions, autonomous vehicles rehearsing edge cases before encountering them on the road. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 The father and son strongmen have frequently paired up to train together and have been spotted rehearsing the elegant poses that made Schwarzenegger a star. —

Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Then somebody from the line will join in – Frenza knows this script by heart because she’s been rehearsing and performing it for years. —

Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026 The Artemis 2 astronauts — commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover (both of NASA), and mission specialists Christina Koch of NASA and Jeremy Hansen of Canada — will spend today rehearsing zero gravity life-saving techniques and gear in deep space. —

Tariq Malik, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026 Satriani voiced similar sentiments during a separate interview from Glendale, where the SATCHVAI Band was rehearsing for its first tour of 2026. —

George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

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Over the last year, the Taiwanese Navy has been practicing the rapid deployment of cheap and domestically produced smart mines for the sea — a potential bulwark against enemy blockades of ports and hostile invasion forces.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Equally important is practicing self-care and self-compassion, which, Broder says, means treating yourself with kindness instead of judgment and recognizing that your patterns developed as a way to cope, not as a personal failing.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 May 2026