| Main Entry: | narrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | storylike, chronological |
Synonyms: |
anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential |
Antonyms: |
rambling |
| Main Entry: | quote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat something spoken, written by another |
Synonyms: |
adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, refer to, reference, retell |
| Notes: | one should use quote exclusively as a verb and use quotation as a noun |
| Main Entry: | recite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out loud; narrate |
Synonyms: |
account for, address, answer, chant, communicate, convey, declaim, delineate, deliver, describe, detail, discourse, dramatize, enact, enlarge, enumerate, expatiate, explain, give a report, give an account, give verbal account, hold forth, impart, interpret, itemize, mention, parrot, perform, picture, portray, quote, recapitulate, recount, reel off, rehearse, relate, render, repeat, reply, report, retell, soliloquize, speak, state, tell, utter |
| Main Entry: | reiterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say or do again |
Synonyms: |
come again, ditto*, double-check, echo, go over again, ingeminate, iterate, play back, recap, recapitulate, recheck, rehash, renew, repeat, reprise, resay, restate, retell, rewarn, say again |
Antonyms: |
take back |
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
Synonyms: |
break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze, sling, spill, spill the beans, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | repeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate, do again |
Synonyms: |
chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
| Main Entry: | repeated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | said again |
Synonyms: |
echoed, paraphrased, quoted, reannounced, recapitulated, recited, rehashed, reiterated, restated, retold, reuttered |
| Main Entry: | retrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
Synonyms: |
backtrack, perseverate, recall, recollect, reiterate, reminisce, retell |
| Main Entry: | restate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
Synonyms: |
chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |