once again

1. 1.

   anew

   “she tried again”

   “they rehearsed the scene again”

   Synonymsagainonce moreover again

Questions about once again

What does once again mean?

once again means "anew".

What is another word for once again?

Close synonyms include again, once more, over again. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is once again a common word?

once again is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.