Discover a variety of words starting with “re” and learn how they can enhance your vocabulary and communication skills.
- Realign- Adjust or position again.
- React- Respond to something.
- Readjust- Alter slightly to fit or work better.
- Realize- Become fully aware of something.
- Reap- Harvest, such as crops.
- Rearrange- Change the arrangement of.
- Reason- Think, understand, and form judgments by logic.
- Reassemble- Come or bring together again.
- Rebel- Resist authority, control, or convention.
- Rebuild- Build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed.
- Recall- Bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one’s mind.
- Recast- Cast or mold (something) again.
- Recede- Go or move back or further away from a previous position.
- Receive- Be given, presented with, or paid (something).
- Recharge- Regain energy or spirit.
- Reckon- Establish by counting or calculation.
- Reclaim- Retrieve or recover (something previously lost, given, or paid).
- Recline- Lean or lie back in a relaxed position.
- Recognize- Identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before.
- Recommend- Put forward (someone or something) with approval.
- Reconcile- Restore friendly relations between.
- Reconfigure- Arrange differently.
- Record- Set down in writing or some other permanent form.
- Recount- Tell someone about something; give an account of an event or experience.
- Recover- Return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
- Recreate- Create again.
- Recycle- Convert waste into reusable material.
- Redeem- Compensate for the faults or bad aspects of something.
- Redesign- Design (something) again in a different way.
- Redirect- Direct (someone or something) to a different place or purpose.
- Rediscover- Discover (something lost or forgotten) again.
- Redistribute- Distribute (something) differently or again, usually to achieve greater social equality.
- Reduce- Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
- Reef- A ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.
- Reek- Smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink.
- Reevaluate- Appraise or assess again.
- Reexamine- Examine or assess again.
- Refashion- Fashion or make (something) again or differently.
- Refer- Mention or allude to.
- Refine- Remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance).
- Reflect- Throw back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it.
- Reform- Make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
- Refresh- Give new strength or energy to; reinvigorate.
- Refuel- Add fuel to (a vehicle, aircraft, etc.).
- Refurbish- Renovate and redecorate (something, especially a building).
- Refuse- Indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.
- Regain- Obtain possession or use of (something, typically something lost or taken away) again.
- Regenerate- Regrow (new tissue) to replace lost or injured tissue.
- Regulate- Control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly.
- Rehabilitate- Restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
- Reign- Hold royal office; rule as king or queen.
- Reimburse- Repay (a person who has spent or lost money).
- Reiterate- Say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
- Rejoin- Join together again; reunite.
- Rejuvenate- Make (someone or something) look or feel younger, fresher, or more lively.
- Rekindle- Revive (something that has been lost).
- Relapse- Deteriorate after a period of improvement.
- Relate- Show or establish a connection between.
- Relax- Make or become less tense or anxious.
- Release- Allow or enable to escape from confinement.
- Relent- Abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment.
- Relevant- Closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.
- Reliability- The quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well.
- Relieve- Cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious.
- Relinquish- Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.
- Relish- Great enjoyment.
- Remain- Continue to exist, especially after other similar or related people or things have ceased to exist.
- Remark- Say something as a comment; mention.
- Remedy- A medicine or treatment for a disease or injury.
- Remember- Have in or be able to bring to one’s mind an awareness of (someone or something from the past).
- Remind- Cause (someone) to remember someone or something.
- Reminisce- Indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events.
- Remit- Send (money) in payment or as a gift.
- Remodel- Change the structure or form of (something, especially a building, policy, or procedure).
- Remove- Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.
- Rend- Tear (something) into pieces.
- Renew- Resume (an activity) after an interruption.
- Renovate- Restore (something old, especially a building) to a good state of repair.
- Renown- The condition of being known or talked about by many people; fame.
- Rent- A tenant’s regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.
- Repair- Fix or mend (a thing suffering from damage or a fault).
- Repel- Drive or force (an attack or attacker) back or away.
- Repent- Feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one’s wrongdoing or sin.
- Replace- Take the place of.
- Replay- Play back (a recording on tape, video, or film).
- Reply- Say something in response to something someone has said.
- Report- Give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.
- Repossess- Retake possession of (something) when a buyer defaults on payments.
- Represent- Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.
- Repress- Subdue (someone or something) by force.
- Reprieve- Cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
- Reprimand- A rebuke, especially an official one.
- Reproduce- Produce a copy or representation of.
- Reprove- Reprimand or censure (someone).
- Request- Politely or formally ask for.
- Require- Need for a particular purpose.
- Rescue- Save (someone) from a dangerous or distressing situation.
- Resemble- Have a similar appearance to or qualities in common with (someone or something); look or seem like.
- Resent- Feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person).
- Reserve- Refrain from using or disposing of (something); retain for future use.