regenerate

1. 1.

   reformed spiritually or morally

   “a regenerate sinner”

   “regenerate by redemption from error or decay”

   Antonymsunregenerate

   Similarborn-againreformed

Other forms of regenerate

past tense

regenerated·

present participle

regenerating·

third person

regenerates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about regenerate

What does regenerate mean?

regenerate means "reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in regenerate?

regenerate has 4 syllables: re-gen-e-rate. The stress falls on "gen". In IPA it is /ɹiˈdʒɛnɚˌeɪt/.

What is another word for regenerate?

Close synonyms include renew, reform, reclaim, rectify, restore. 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.

What is the opposite of regenerate?

The recorded antonyms are unregenerate.

Is regenerate a common word?

regenerate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with regenerate?

95 words rhyme with regenerate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.