recite

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RECITE

to give an oral or written account of in some detail <recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met>

Synonyms chart, chronicle, describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report

Related Words deliver, give, reel off, state, utter, voice; detail, enumerate, itemize, particularize; bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal; delineate, depict, express, render, sketch

to give from memory <after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child>

Synonyms recite, reel off, say

Related Words con, learn, memorize, study; declaim, mouth, orate, speak

Near Antonyms read

to specify one after another <the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III>

Synonyms detail, itemize, list, numerate, recite, reel off, rehearse, tick (off)

Related Words outline; tabulate, tally; catalog (or catalogue), inventory; chart, diagram, graph; calculate, compute, estimate, figure, reckon; cite, mention, name

Near Antonyms generalize

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