Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rephrase
nounrephrasing (plural rephrasings)
plural rephrasings
- Something differently phrased.
Emanuel’s version was already blander — and later rephrasings have inevitably become more so.
2009 August 2, Jack Rosenthal, “A Terrible Thing to Waste”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Cite this entry
APA
rephrasing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rephrasing
MLA
“rephrasing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rephrasing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rephrasing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rephrasing.
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