rephrase
/riːˈfreɪz
/verb [with object]
Express (an idea or question) in an alternative way, especially for the purpose of clarification: rephrase the statement so that it is clear...
- Aunt Patty asked, rephrasing the question slightly.
- Twenty years on, scholars are rephrasing Darnton's initial question, ‘what is the history of books?’
- Fayd asked, rephrasing his question carefully.
Synonyms
reword, put differently, put another way, put in other words, express differently, recast;
paraphrase
- putter-up
- put that in your pipe and smoke it
- put the acid on
- put the arm on
- put the bite on
- put the boot in (or into someone)
- put the cart before the horse
- put the clocks back (or forward)
- put the fear of God in (or into) someone
- put the finger on
- put the flags (or flag) out
- put the frighteners on
- put the hard word on
- put their (or our or your) heads together
- put the lid (or the tin lid) on it
- put the make on
- put the mockers on
- put the question
- put the screws on
- put the skids under
- put the squeeze on
- put the tin lid on
- put-through
- puttied
- puttin'-aff