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

3 senses of retell

Sense 1
recite, retell -- (render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story")
       => re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")

Sense 2
fictionalize, fictionalise, retell -- (make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel")
       => re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")

Sense 3
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell -- (to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request")
       => tell -- (let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late")