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REUSE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for REUSE?

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Need another word that means the same as “reuse”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “reuse” in this overview.

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Reuse as a Verb
Definitions of "Reuse" as a verb
Synonyms of "Reuse" as a verb (5 Words)
Usage Examples of "Reuse" as a verb
Associations of "Reuse" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Reuse” are: recycle, reprocess, convert into something, reclaim, recover

Reuse as a Verb

Definitions of "Reuse" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “reuse” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Use again after processing.
Use again or more than once.

Synonyms of "Reuse" as a verb (5 Words)

convert into something	Complete successfully.
reclaim	Bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation. Reclaim falcons.
recover	Get or find back recover the use of. He recovered his balance and sped on.
recycle	Use again. The amino acids are recycled in the synthesis of other proteins.
reprocess	Process (something, especially spent nuclear fuel) again or differently, typically in order to reuse it. The costs of reprocessing radioactive waste.

Usage Examples of "Reuse" as a verb

The tape could be magnetically erased and reused.

Associations of "Reuse" (30 Words)

bin	Group together data in bins. A compost bin.
container	Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another. The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container.
deniable	Able to be denied. The government did agree to play a limited and deniable* role in the rebellion.*
detritus	Gravel, sand, silt, or other material produced by erosion. The streets were foul with detritus.
discard	Anything that is cast aside or discarded. West led a heart and East was able to discard* his club loser.*
discarded	Thrown away.
disposable	An article designed to be thrown away after use. The poor performer is motivated by the fear that he or she is highly disposable.
disposal	The sale of shares, property, or other assets. Disposals of fixed and non current assets.
dispose	Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief. The dots are unevenly disposed.
dump	A piece of land where waste materials are dumped. Trucks dumped 1 900 tons of refuse here.
dumping	Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market.
filth	Obscene and offensive language or printed material. You and all the others like you are filth.
garbage	Unwanted data in a computer’s memory. She tossed the moldy bread into the garbage.
incinerator	An apparatus for burning waste material, especially industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash.
jettison	The action of jettisoning something. The scheme was jettisoned.
junk	Junk bonds. I only have an hour to get all my junk* together.*
landfill	Waste material used in landfill sites. Many tons of edible food are landfilled.
litter	Give birth to a litter of animals. The spiders live in leaf litter.
prodigality	The trait of spending extravagantly.
receptacle	An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert. Fast food receptacles.
recycle	Use again after processing. We must recycle* the cardboard boxes.*
recycling	Used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products. I forgot to take out the recycling.
refuse	Refuse to let have. Again the horse refused his nostrils flaring with fear.
rubble	Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings. The tower is built of stone rubble* faced with ashlar.*
scavenge	Clean refuse from. People sell junk scavenged from the garbage.
squander	Allow (an opportunity) to pass or be lost. You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree.
trash	Strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen them faster. Trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient.
waste	Run off as waste. Hazardous industrial wastes.
wastebasket	A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.