re-start

Questions about re-start

What does re-start mean?

re-start means "start an engine again, for example". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in re-start?

re-start has 2 syllables: re--start. The stress falls on "start".

What is another word for re-start?

Close synonyms include restart, resume, restart. 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 re-start a common word?

re-start is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.