REELING OFF Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

reeling off

verb

present participle of reel off

as in reciting

to give from memory he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing

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reading

as in listing

to specify one after another her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years

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generalizing

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Recent Examples of reeling off The Penguins looked horrible early, then dazzled the home fans by reeling off five consecutive goals. — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Hochul hit back by suggesting the Knicks are head and shoulders ahead of the Spurs after a reeling off an amazing 11-game playoff winning streak and two straight series sweeps. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026 Vegas has reached its fifth conference final in its nine-year existence by reeling off 15 wins in 20 games under Tortorella, knocking off Utah and then Anaheim in the playoffs. — Nate Peterson, Denver Post, 19 May 2026 Dent’s emergence helped a young and relatively inexperienced Saint Mary’s squad keep rolling along, reeling off eight consecutive wins late in the season, including home-court thrashings of Santa Clara and Gonzaga. — Ron Kroichick, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026 The 2025 team won nine of 10 games before reeling off nine in a row during the posteason. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026 The 28-year-old Italian has been a model of consistency reeling off top-10 results this season and sixth place in the Olympic downhill at nearby Cortina d’Ampezzo. — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 The Pats started the year 1-2 before reeling off 16 wins in their final 17 games. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 Jan. 2026 Most notably, his quarterfinal win against Brandon Nakashima on Sunday was simply breathtaking, with Alcaraz reeling off several shots which made for a spectacular highlights reel. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

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Verb

Judging from the first episode, the show is less about reciting peak positions and more focused on the stories surrounding those numbers.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
An outstretched hand After reciting the confessional, the Ne’ilah service adds one more prayer, not used in other services.

— Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of reciting

Verb

Redfin says some would-be sellers are holding off on listing.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Now, more than two decades after listing on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange in 2004, Kadoya is set to go private through a tender offer backed by Japanese private equity firm Integral.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of listing

Verb

Ah yes—in addition to memorizing lines and choreography, Hiddleston and Atwell were both reckoning with sleep deprivation and toddler tantrums.

— Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Instead of memorizing how to navigate a trading platform, an investor of any experience level can now simply describe an objective in plain language.

— John Bartleman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of memorizing

Verb

Earlier this week, Variety published an in-depth report detailing how Jair Bolsonaro dismantled Brazil’s audiovisual sector, alerting to a similar future ahead if Flávio Bolsonaro wins the upcoming elections.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
The statement comes after the three researchers, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni, posted a letter to OpenAI's various safety oversight groups detailing the circumstances around their firings and their concerns about AI.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of detailing

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On Monday, hundreds of professional stand-up comedians flooded Instagram and TikTok with front-facing videos outlining an issue in the comedy community that had been brewing for months.

— Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Then OpenAI showed up While still at OpenAI, Almeida wrote a document outlining his idea for models optimized to work with software and showed it to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlining

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