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

1 sense of rephrasing

Sense 1
rewording, recasting, rephrasing -- (changing a particular word or phrase)
       => rewriting, revising -- (editing that involves writing something again)

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

1 sense of rephrase

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")