retrace

retrace is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To trace back, as a line. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To trace back, as a line.
2. transitive verb. To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
3. transitive verb. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
4. verb. reassemble mentally

   "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

   Synonyms: construct, reconstruct

5. verb. to go back over again

   "we retraced the route we took last summer"

   "trace your path"

   Synonyms: trace

Synonyms

construct, reconstruct, trace

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in retrace:

caterer, recrate, terrace

Common word forms

retraced, retracer, retraces, retracing, retraceable, retracement

Words from these letters

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