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

10 senses of review

Sense 1
reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment -- (a new appraisal or evaluation)
       => appraisal, assessment -- (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)

Sense 2
review, critique, critical review, review article -- (an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play))
       => criticism, literary criticism -- (a written evaluation of a work of literature)

Sense 3
follow-up, followup, reexamination, review -- (a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment)
       => examination, scrutiny -- (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Sense 4
review, limited review -- ((accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data)
       => accounting, accounting system, method of accounting -- (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)

Sense 5
revue, review -- (a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians)
       => variety show, variety -- (a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances)

Sense 6
review -- (a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art)
       => periodical -- (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)

Sense 7
recapitulation, recap, review -- (a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion)
       => capitulation -- (a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic)

Sense 8
review -- ((law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court))
       => proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings -- ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Sense 9
review, brushup -- (practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory)
       => exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation -- (systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect")

Sense 10
inspection, review -- (a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator")
       => examination, scrutiny -- (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

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

5 senses of review

Sense 1
review, reexamine -- (look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation")
       => analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")

Sense 2
review, critique -- (appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance")
       => evaluate, pass judgment, judge -- (form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people")

Sense 3
review, go over, survey -- (hold a review (of troops))
       => inspect -- (look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully")

Sense 4
review, brush up, refresh -- (refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test")
       => remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think -- (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories")

Sense 5
review, look back, retrospect -- (look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride")
       => remember, think back -- (recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers")