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

1 sense of rewriting

Sense 1
rewriting, revising -- (editing that involves writing something again)
       => editing, redaction -- (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)

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

2 senses of rewrite

Sense 1
rewrite -- (write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis")
       => write -- (communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week")

Sense 2
rewrite -- (rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools")
       => write, compose, pen, indite -- (produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels")