REPHRASE Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

rephrase

verb

(ˌ)rē-ˈfrāz

as in to translate

to express something (as a text or statement) in different words I don't understand what you're asking—could you rephrase your question?

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Recent Examples of rephrase And while Buster Posey and Vitello did spend an inordinate amount of time describing and then rephrasing that description of what managers are expected to do, an underlying truth cut through: Vitello is a people person — confident in himself but not threatened by other ways of going about things. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2025 Frost subsequently asked for his words to be taken down, then rephrased his charge. —

Emily Brooks, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025 If users give feedback or rephrase their requests, the router learns. —

Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Several times, the judge interrupted Steel, instructing him to move along or rephrase complicated questions. —

Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rephrase

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Fewer doctors concerned with policies impacting small business owners could very well translate to fewer donations for Republicans.

— Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The site is in Arabic; the Union-Tribune used Google to translate it into English.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026