Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paraphrase

1 sense of paraphrase

Sense 1
paraphrase, paraphrasis -- (rewording for the purpose of clarification)
       => rewording, recasting, rephrasing -- (changing a particular word or phrase)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb paraphrase

1 sense of paraphrase

Sense 1
paraphrase, rephrase, reword -- (express the same message in different words)
       => repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell -- (to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request")