Synonyms for repetition
ˌrɛp ɪˈtɪʃ ənrep·e·ti·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. repetition

   Synonyms:
   iteration, reiteration, dwelling upon, diffuseness, verbosity, relation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. repeat, repetitionnoun

   an event that repeats

   "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"

   Synonyms:
   repeat, repeating

2. repetition, repeatingnoun

   the act of doing or performing again

   Synonyms:
   repeat, repeating

3. repetitionnoun

   the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

   Synonyms:
   repeat, repeating

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance
   • Periodic Event
   • Rhetorical Device

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. repetitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   iteration, dwelling, harping, reiteration

2. repetitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   tautology, pleonasm, redundancy, diffuseness, verbosity

3. repetitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   recital, rehearsal, relation

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1. repetitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   iteration, reiteration, recurrence, verbigeration, tautology, echo, rote, recapitulation, reverberation

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1. List of paraphrases for "repetition":

   rehearsal, repeat, recurrence, repeating, duplication, re-run, non-repetition, reiteration, reoccurrence, repeater, run-through, replay, replication, indemnity, walk-through

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. repetition

   Synonyms:
   Rep

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1. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

2. American Christian Taylor:

   It was far from easy. The biggest thing was the timing, so it was repetition, repetition, it's a lot co-ordination. Timing and muscle development goes into it and in the 2013 world championships I didn't make the podium.

3. Patrick Reed:

   And the only way to build that stuff is repetition, and getting yourself in that position, because you're not going to experience it until you get in that situation. And the more you can get in contention, then you'll know what you did.

4. Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 154:

   If a person commit a crime against you, have not the right to forgive him; but the law must punish him in order to prevent a repetition of that same crime by others, as the pain of the individual is unimportant beside the general welfare of the people.

5. Gail Sheehy:

   As we reach midlife, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties.