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Antonyms for re peat
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : ri-peet |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpit |
- abandon
- abort
- abridge
- ask
- attenuate
- be original
- be quiet
- break
- carry on
- cease
- clash
- compress
- conceal
- condense
- confuse
- continue
- contradict
- curtail
- damage
- decline
- decrease
- deny
- depart
- depreciate
- depress
- desert
- destroy
- differ
- difference
- diminish
- disavow
- disclaim
- discontinue
- discourage
- disect
- disown
- disregard
- divide
- drop
- endure
- enunciate
- face
- fail
- fall
- finish
- forget
- give up
- go
- go cold turkey
- halt
- halve
- hide
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- insert
- instance
- keep
- keep secret
- kill
- leave
- leave alone
- lessen
- listen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- meet
- misrepresent
- mix up
- mumble
- negate
- neglect
- nullify
- obscure
- oppose
- original
- pay
- persist
- play down
- praise
- pronounce
- question
- quit
- reduce
- refrain
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- relax
- renounce
- reply
- repress
- repudiate
- repulse
- request
- retain
- retract
- retreat
- reverse
- ruin
- shorten
- shrink
- slump
- stay
- stop
- suppress
- take
- take back
- take in
- tell truth
- tolerate
- turn off
- understate
- veto
- weaken
- withhold
Definition of re peat
Origin :- late 14c., "to say what one has already said," from Old French repeter "say or do again, get back, demand the return of" (13c., Modern French répéeter), from Latin repetere "do or say again; attack again," from re- "again" (see re-) + petere "to go to; attack; strive after; ask for, beseech" (see petition (n.)).
- Meaning "say what another has said" is from 1590s. As an emphatic word in radio broadcasts, 1938. Meaning "do over again" is from 1550s; specific meaning "to take a course of education over again" is recorded from 1945, American English. Related: Repeated; repeating.
- As in repeat : noun something done over; duplicate
- As in repetition : noun duplication; doing again
- As in replica : noun duplicate
- As in reiteration : noun repetition
- As in insist : verb order and expect; claim
- As in multiply : verb increase; reproduce
- As in narrate : verb describe, detail
- As in persist : verb carry on, carry through
- As in recapitulate : verb go over something again
- As in recite : verb read out loud; narrate
- As in recount : verb tell a story
- As in recur : verb happen again; repeat in one's mind
- As in reflect : verb give back
- As in rehash : verb talk over again
- As in rehearse : verb prepare for performance
- As in reiterate : verb say or do again
- As in renew : verb start over; refurbish
- As in repeat : verb duplicate, do again
- As in reproduce : verb make more copies of
- As in return : verb go back, turn back
- As in say : verb make declaration
- As in stammer : verb stutter in speech
- As in stress : verb accentuate, emphasize
- As in trot out : verb bring forward
- As in belabor : verb dwell on
- As in belch : verb burp; spew
- As in iterate : verb say again
- As in reappear : verb come again
- As in redo : verb start over
- As in harp : verb nag
- As in redouble : verb intensify
- As in eruct : verb erupt
- As in italicize : verb emphasize
- As in cite : verb note, quote
- As in re-create : verb renew
- As in recondition : verb renew
- As in recrudesce : verb return
- As in reecho : verb echo
- As in reoccur : verb recur
- As in replicate : verb copy
- As in clone : verb copy exactly
- As in tittle-tattle : verb gossip
- As in copy : verb duplicate
- As in copy : verb imitate
- As in declare : verb make known clearly or officially
- As in affirm : verb declare the truth of something
- As in double : verb make two of; make twice as large
- As in emphasize : verb stress, give priority to
- As in go over : verb review
- As in gossip : verb talk about others; spread rumors
- As in hammer away/hammer into : verb work hard at
- As in imitate : verb pretend to be; do an impression of
Synonyms for re peat
- abide
- accent
- accentuate
- account for
- accumulate
- acknowledge
- act
- act like
- add
- address
- adduce
- advance
- advocate
- affect
- affirm
- aggrandize
- aggregate
- allegate
- allege
- alliteration
- allude to
- amplify
- analyze
- announce
- answer
- ape
- appeal to
- appear
- argue
- articulate
- assert
- asservate
- asseverate
- assume
- attest
- augment
- aver
- avouch
- avow
- babble
- back up
- bad-mouth
- be firm
- be like
- be positive
- be remembered
- be repeated
- be resolute
- be stubborn
- bear down
- beat a dead horse
- begin again
- belabor
- belch
- bend one's ear
- blab
- blather
- blaze
- blether
- boost
- borrow
- bounce back
- brace
- brandish
- break a story
- break silence
- breathe new life into
- breed
- bring forward
- bring up
- bring up to date
- broken record
- build up
- burlesque
- burp
- carbon
- carbon copy
- caricature
- cartoon
- cast
- catch
- certify
- change
- chant
- characterize
- charge
- chat
- chatter
- chime
- chip off old block
- chorus
- chronicle
- cinch
- circle back
- cite
- claim
- clinch
- clone
- come again
- come and go
- come back
- come out with
- communicate
- compound
- confess
- confirm
- conjecture
- contend
- continue
- convey
- copy
- counterfeit
- crop up again
- cross heart
- cube
- cut to pieces
- cut up
- declaim
- declare
- delineate
- deliver
- demand
- demonstrate
- depict
- descant
- describe
- detail
- din
- discharge
- disclose
- discourse
- discuss
- disgorge
- dish
- display
- disport
- ditto
- divulge
- do
- do a take-off
- do again
- do like
- do likewise
- do over
- do over again
- double
- double back
- double-check
- drag up
- dramatize
- draw
- drill
- drive home
- drub into
- drudge
- drum into
- dry run
- dualize
- dupe
- duplicate
- duplify
- dwell
- dwell on
- echo
- eject
- embody
- emit
- emphasize
- emulate
- enact
- encore
- endeavor
- endure
- engrave
- engross
- enhance
- enlarge
- enumerate
- enunciate
- epitomize
- eruct
- eructate
- erupt
- estimate
- evidence
- examine
- excerpt
- exemplify
- exhibit
- exhilarate
- expand
- expatiate
- expel
- experiment
- explain
- explode
- expose
- express
- extend
- extract
- facsimile
- fake
- falsify
- falter
- feature
- feign
- fix up
- flap
- flash
- flaunt
- flimsy
- fold
- follow
- follow example
- follow in footsteps
- follow suit
- follow through
- follow up
- forge
- freshen
- furbish
- gab
- generate
- gentrify
- get down to brass tacks
- give a new look to
- give a report
- give an account
- give an account of
- give as example
- give forth
- give off
- give out
- give verbal account
- give voice
- go again
- go all the way
- go like
- go on
- go on about
- go over
- go over again
- go over same ground
- go the limit
- go the same round
- go through
- grind
- grind into
- grow
- guarantee
- guess
- gush
- halt
- hammer
- hammer home
- hark back to
- harp on
- haunt thoughts
- have a lock on
- headline
- heighten
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- hiccup
- highlight
- hint
- hit
- hold
- hold a reading
- hold forth
- hold on
- hold over
- hone
- hurl
- ice
- illustrate
- illustrate with
- imagine
- imitate
- imitation
- impart
- impersonate
- imply
- importune
- impress
- impress upon
- incarnate
- increase
- indicate
- infold
- inform
- ingeminate
- ingemination
- insinuate
- insist
- insist on
- inspect
- instance
- instruct
- interpret
- intimate
- investigate
- irrupt
- italicize
- itemize
- iteracy
- iterance
- iterate
- iteration
- jabber
- jaw
- judge
- keep on
- keep up
- knock off
- labor the point
- last
- lay
- lay down the law
- lay emphasis on
- learn one's part
- leave no stone unturned
- likeness
- limelight
- limn
- linger
- lip
- litany
- lock up
- look at
- look like
- look-alike
- loop
- lurch
- magnify
- maintain
- make a point
- make clear
- make emphatic
- make known
- make like
- make much of
- manifest
- manifold
- mark
- match
- mend
- mention
- mime
- mimeo
- mimeograph
- mimic
- miniature
- mirror
- mock
- model
- model after
- modernize
- mold
- mount
- move back
- multiply
- nail down
- name
- narrate
- noise
- notify
- number
- obtain
- occur again
- offer
- okay
- opine
- orate
- outline
- overhaul
- overwork
- paint
- parade
- parallel
- paraphrase
- parody
- parrot
- pass
- pattern after
- pause
- peg away
- perdure
- perform
- periodicity
- perseverate
- perseveration
- persevere
- persist
- personate
- personify
- peruse
- phony
- photocopy
- photograph
- Photostat
- picture
- pinpoint
- pirate
- plagiarize
- plait
- play a part
- play a role
- play back
- play over
- play up
- pleat
- plicate
- plug away
- point out
- point up
- populate
- portray
- pound
- pound away
- practice
- prate
- prattle
- predicate
- prefigure
- present
- press
- pretend
- prevail
- proclaim
- procreate
- produce
- profess
- proliferate
- prolong
- promulgate
- pronounce
- propagate
- propound
- publish
- punctuate
- pursue
- put accent on
- put forth
- put forward
- put into words
- put on
- put on ice
- quote
- raise
- rap
- ratify
- rattle on
- re-create
- react
- read
- read back
- ready
- reaffirm
- reappear
- reappearance
- reassert
- reawaken
- rebound
- recall
- recap
- recapitulate
- recapitulation
- recast
- recheck
- reciprocate
- recital
- recite
- recoil
- recommence
- recondition
- reconsider
- reconstruct
- recount
- recreate
- recrudesce
- recur
- recurrence
- redecorate
- redesign
- redo
- redouble
- redundancy
- reduplicate
- reduplication
- reel back
- reel off
- reenact
- reenter
- reestablish
- reexamine
- refashion
- refer to
- reference
- refit
- reflect
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- regenerate
- rehabilitate
- rehash
- rehearsal
- rehearse
- reinforce
- reinvigorate
- reissue
- reiterate
- reiteration
- rejuvenate
- relate
- relation
- relive
- remain
- remake
- remark
- remember
- reminisce
- remodel
- render
- renew
- renewal
- renovate
- reoccur
- reoccurrence
- reopen
- repair
- repeat
- repercuss
- repetition
- repetitiousness
- rephrase
- replace
- replay
- replenish
- replicate
- replication
- reply
- report
- represent
- reprint
- reprise
- repro
- reproduce
- reproduction
- request
- require
- rerun
- resay
- resemble
- reshow
- reshowing
- resonate
- resound
- respond
- restamp
- restate
- restatement
- restock
- restore
- resume
- resuscitate
- retell
- rethink
- retire
- retrace
- retrace steps
- retread
- retreat
- return
- return to mind
- reuse
- revamp
- reveal
- reverberate
- reverse
- revert
- review
- revise
- revisit
- revitalize
- revive
- revolve
- rewarn
- reword
- rework
- rewrite
- rhythm
- riffle through
- ring
- rise
- rotate
- rote
- rub in
- rubber-stamp
- rumor
- run by again
- run down
- run lines
- run over
- run through
- run through again
- run through one's mind
- say again
- say so
- scan
- schmoose
- sculpture
- second
- see through
- send up
- set
- set forth
- sham
- shine
- show
- show off
- simulate
- sing same old song
- sketch
- skim
- soliloquize
- sound
- speak
- specify
- spell out
- spew
- spiel
- spill the beans
- spin
- splutter
- spoof
- spot
- spotlight
- spread
- spruce
- sputter
- square
- staccato
- stand firm
- stat
- state
- state differently
- steal
- stereotype
- stick it out
- stick to
- stick to guns
- stimulate
- stop
- stress
- strive
- study
- stumble
- suggest
- sum up
- summarize
- supplement
- swear
- swear on bible
- swear up and down
- take a stand
- take after
- take from the top
- take leaf out of book
- take off
- talk
- talk idly
- tattle
- tautology
- tell
- tell a story
- tell secrets
- tell tales
- tell tales out of school
- test
- testify
- throw back
- thumb through
- tough it out
- trace
- track
- train
- transcribe
- transform
- travesty
- try hard
- try out
- try repeatedly
- tune up
- turn
- turn back
- type
- typify
- underline
- underscore
- unfold
- unload
- urge
- utter
- validate
- vent
- ventilate
- verbalize
- vibrate
- voice
- vomit
- vouch
- vow
- walk through
- warm up
- weight
- whisper
- wiggle-waggle
- witness
- wobble
- work
- work out
- Xerox
- yak
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