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reiterant

reiterant

9.6
Someone or something that repeats the same words to make them clear
  • noun
  • /riˈɪtərənt/
translation icon : reiterador
  • As a reiterant, she often restated her arguments to make sure everyone understood.

Examples

  • The reiterant in the meeting kept bringing up the same point over and over.

  • Many reiterants can be found in academic writing.

  • The document was criticized for being a reiterant of previous reports without new insights.

  • The speaker was a reiterant of the main themes.

  • The reiterant at the conference frequently emphasized the importance of sustainability.

  • As a reiterant, he often summarized the key points of the lecture to ensure clarity for the audience.

  • Her role as a reiterant involved reiterating the safety procedures during the training session.

Synonyms

repetition
vsreiterant
44 2.0

Doing or saying something again

is the agent or instance rather than the action itself
restatement
vsreiterant
5 4.1

A different way of saying the same idea to make it clearer

is broader covering actions or instances not always changed in wording
reiteration
vsreiterant
3 4.9

An action of saying or doing the same thing again to make it clear and show its importance

is a neutral recurrence without special emphasis or intent
repeating
vsreiterant
1 1.8

Doing something again to practice or make it clear

is the person or instance that performs this action
reoccurrence
vsreiterant
1 5.8

Something that happens again

is about doing or expressing something again rather than about events happening again
iterator
vsreiterant
7.0

A person or thing that repeats the same action many times

is any doer or instance and does not imply regular or planned recurrence
reexpression
vsreiterant
6.5

Saying or writing something again in a different way to make it clearer

is the general doer or instance and not limited to changed wording

Antonyms

2.8

Not a copy and existing as the first form

47 4.7

Something new or different that seems interesting

How Repetitive

reiterant
9.6
reiteration
3 4.9
repetition
44 2.0
repeat
132 1.0

Surface Forms

reiterant singular
reiterants plural

Morphology

reiterant = reiterate (transparent) = reiterate + ant

The noun sense is a straightforward nominal/agentive use of the adjective/participle formed from 'reiterate' + '-ant'.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember reiterant as a noun is that it comes from re- 'again' and iterare 'to do again', like repeater or repeat. So, a reiterant is a person or thing that says something again.