retell

Other forms of retell

past tense or participle

retold

present participle

retelling·

third person

retells·

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 retell

What does retell mean?

retell means "render verbally". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retell?

retell has 2 syllables: re-tell. The stress falls on "tell". In IPA it is /ɹiˈtɛl/.

What is another word for retell?

Close synonyms include recite, fictionalize, fictionalise, repeat, reiterate. 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 retell a common word?

retell 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.

What rhymes with retell?

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