rewrite

1. 1.

   something that has been written again

   “the rewrite was much better”

   Synonymsrevisionrescript

   Broaderwriting

Other forms of rewrite

plural

rewrites·

past tense or participle

rewritten

past tense or participle

rewrote

present participle

rewriting·

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 rewrite

What does rewrite mean?

rewrite means "write differently; alter the writing of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rewrite?

rewrite has 2 syllables: re-write. The stress falls on "write". In IPA it is /ɹiˈɹaɪt/.

What is another word for rewrite?

Close synonyms include revision, rescript. 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 rewrite a common word?

rewrite 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 rewrite?

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