Synonyms of reciting

reciting

verb

present participle of recite

1

as in describing

to give an oral or written account of in some detail

recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• telling
• recounting
• narrating
• relating
• chronicling
• reporting
• rehearsing
• setting forth
• voicing
• depicting
• charting
• stating
• detailing
• uttering
• expressing
• disclosing
• enumerating
• delivering
• revealing
• giving
• exposing
• rendering
• baring
• divulging
• itemizing
• particularizing
• sketching
• delineating
• reeling off
• letting on (about)

2

as in memorizing

to give from memory

after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• memorizing
• saying
• repeating
• speaking
• studying
• learning
• reeling off
• mouthing
• conning
• declaiming
• orating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reading

3

as in listing

to specify one after another

the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III

Synonyms & Similar Words

• listing
• outlining
• detailing
• enumerating
• mentioning
• rehearsing
• itemizing
• ticking (off)
• citing
• cataloging
• numerating
• figuring
• calculating
• tabulating
• reeling off
• cataloguing
• tallying
• computing
• estimating
• inventorying
• charting
• naming
• graphing
• diagraming
• diagramming
• reckoning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generalizing