English Synonym Finder

word for word

Definitions

In exactly the same words; verbatim.

Repeating or reproducing something exactly as it was originally stated or written.

Examples

The witness repeated the suspect's statement word for word to the police.

She memorized the entire speech and recited it word for word during the ceremony.

Synonyms

verbatim literally exactly precisely ad verbum

Antonyms

paraphrased summarized loosely in essence gist roughly