Synonyms of recapping

recapping

verb

present participle of recap

as in summarizing

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)

please recap the highlights of the game for me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summarizing
• outlining
• recapitulating
• briefing
• digesting
• encapsulating
• consolidating
• summing up
• reprising
• synopsizing
• abstracting
• condensing
• epitomizing
• wrapping up
• boiling down
• shortening
• curtailing
• abridging
• cutting back
• downsizing
• simplifying
• shrinking
• streamlining
• concentrating
• decocting
• essentializing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• prolonging
• lengthening
• expanding
• supplementing
• elongating
• protracting
• amplifying
• enlarging (on or upon)
• elaborating (on or upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recapping

And yet … Things were simpler in 1987, when Chris Berman and Tom Jackson hosted the debut episode of NFL Primetime, recapping the day’s action on Sunday evening for ESPN. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Fabric Scraps • Many thanks to Rafaela Bassili for recapping last week! — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

After analyzing and recapping episodes of Boy Meets World on their podcast, Pod Meets World, Strong and costars Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle began recapping the 2014 spinoff, Girl Meets World. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026

Strong, Fishel, and Friedle now host Pod Meets World, which just finished recapping Boy Meets World and will start recapping Girl Meets World next week. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Rice quit and went full-time into podcasting, eventually signing with the podcast network Cloud10 and monetizing Murderish, covering developments in the Gilgo Beach serial-killer case and recapping the Domino’s Pizza Murders of the Eighties. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

The system is easy to use when recapping bottles, and the only ongoing maintenance costs are the CO2 capsules, with a six-pack costing just under $50, and each cartridge good for up to seven 750-ml bottles. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Planning a project, recapping a meeting or telling others about company goals can create a sense of achievement before anything has actually been achieved. — James Davis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Actress Niecy Nash shared a video on Instagram recapping the night. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 6 July 2026