recreating
Doing it over
Recreating has two distinct meanings depending on stress.
With stress on the first syllable, it means relaxing or engaging in leisure activities: We spent the afternoon recreating at the lake.
With stress on the third syllable, it means creating anew or reproducing something: The documentary does a masterful job of recreating the era.
The second sense is far more common.
Reproducing something exactly
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- reconstructingBuilding again from parts
- reproducingCreating copies or offspring
restoring · rebuilding · remaking · reconstituting · modeling · mimicking · imitating · cloning
Becoming less tense
- unwindingReleasing coiled tension
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
- rechargingRestoring stored energy
resting · enjoying · entertaining · amusing · playing · frolicking · vacationing · idling
Preparing for presentation
- performingExecuting an action
- dramatizingExaggerating emotional impact
- actingTemporarily holding position
- simulatingArtificially replicating something
depicting · role-playing · costuming · historical · commemorating · reliving · embodying · demonstrating
Forming mental pictures
- visualizingForming mental images
- imaginingForming mental pictures
- fantasizingImagining desired scenarios
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
conceiving · inventing · conjuring · dreaming · picturing · devising · designing · ideating
copying
Reproducing something exactly
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- reconstructingBuilding again from parts
reproducing · restoring · rebuilding · remaking · reconstituting · modeling · mimicking · imitating · cloning · fabricating
relaxing
Becoming less tense
- unwindingReleasing coiled tension
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
recharging · resting · enjoying · entertaining · amusing · playing · frolicking · vacationing · idling · lounging
staging
Preparing for presentation
- performingExecuting an action
- dramatizingExaggerating emotional impact
- actingTemporarily holding position
simulating · depicting · role-playing · costuming · historical · commemorating · reliving · embodying · demonstrating · interpreting
envisioning
Forming mental pictures
- visualizingForming mental images
- imaginingForming mental pictures
- fantasizingImagining desired scenarios
daydreaming · conceiving · inventing · conjuring · dreaming · picturing · devising · designing · ideating · brainstorming
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, illustrating
- reconstructingrebuilding, reassembling, piecing together, putting back, reconstituting
recreatingdestroying
Causing complete ruin
demolishing · annihilating · obliterating · ruining · dismantling
recreatingoriginating
Coming into existence
innovating · inventing · pioneering · devising · conceiving
recreatingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
neglecting · forsaking · discarding · ignoring · disregarding
- recreational campingVoluntary outdoor lodging activity
- recreation centerPublic leisure venue
- recreational drugsMood-altering substances used for enjoyment
- recreation roomSpace for leisure activities
- recreational useNon-professional enjoyment purpose
- recreational vehicleMobile living quarters