rewording

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noun

The act or process of creating a changed wording.

“Near-synonyms: rephrasing; rewriting”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of reword
nounrewording (plural rewordings)

plural rewordings

  1. The act or process of creating a changed wording.

    Near-synonyms: rephrasing; rewriting

    1 more example

    The first day's proceedings […] were taken up with a rewording of the indictment, to the satisfaction of attorneys for the prosecution and defense. The case will now be heard under criminal, not common, law.

    1981 February 7, Roger Moody, “London's PIE Trial Opens”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 3

    Synonyms: rephrasing, rewriting

  2. A changed wording thus produced.

    Near-synonyms: rephrasing; rewriting

    Synonyms: rephrasing, rewriting

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act or process of creating a changed wording.

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rephrasingrewriting

nounA changed wording thus produced.

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rephrasingrewriting

More synonyms by meaning

nounchanging a particular word or phrase

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recastingrephrasing
Broader
rewritingrevising
Also see
recastingrephrasing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

rewording. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewording

MLA

“rewording.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewording. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rewording,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewording.

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