Synonyms for
Recite
Definition
to repeat aloud from memory
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- recite a poem
- recite a verse
- recite from memory
- recite the alphabet
- recite a passage
- recite a prayer
- recite the names
Word family
Usage note
Often used when speaking from memory, especially in a formal or academic setting. Can also refer to the act of listing or enumerating.
Example sentences
- I will recite my multiplication tables to help me memorize them.
- She will recite her lines in the school play.
- The student will recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in class.
- He can recite the lyrics to every song on the album.
- We will recite the poem together as a group.
Quotes
"To be or not to be, that is the question:/Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles/And by opposing end them." - William Shakespeare, Hamlet
"My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;/My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;/The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;/From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won." - Walt Whitman, O Captain! My Captain!
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." - Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream