recast

verb

re·​cast (ˌ)rē-ˈkast 

recast; recasting

transitive verb

: to cast again

recast a gun

recast a play

also : remodel, refashion

recasts his political image to fit the times

recast

ˈrē-ˌkast 

(ˌ)rē-ˈkast

noun

Synonyms

• alter
• change
• make over
• modify
• redo
• refashion
• remake
• remodel
• revamp
• revise
• rework
• vary

Examples of recast in a Sentence

The director decided to recast the movie with unknowns.

When she quit the movie, I was recast in the leading role.

The director recast some of the actors in the play.

You should recast the last sentence in your essay to make it clearer.

He recast his political image to fit the times.

Recent Examples on the Web

Ultimately, a decision was made to recast the role, and Watson had to reshoot her A.B. scenes with Esposito. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025

That’s a witty way to recast the words of hardware and software to describe the living neurons and the biological neural network that does our thinking. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025

Whether that means recasting the character or a new character taking on the role of the Baba Yaga, no one knows. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025

This exuberant début poetry collection recasts the titular heroine as an Appalachian housewife reckoning with the tyrannies of beauty, domesticity, and small-town gossip during the late twentieth century. —The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for recast

• aghast
• amassed
• biassed
• broadcast
• bypassed
• downcast
• forecast
• foremast
• harassed
• holdfast
• mainmast
• newscast

Kids Definition

recast

verb

re·​cast (ˈ)rē-ˈkast 

recast; recasting

1

: to cast again

recast a cannon

recast a play

2

: to change around : revise, remodel

recast a sentence to make it clearer