reciter C1 Topic:People & Society US /ɹɪˈsaɪtɚ/ UK /ɹɪˈsaɪtə/ See IPA manual Freq #178114 Meanings 1 noun a person who recites a poem, speech, or other text aloud, often from memory Each reciter performed a poem without looking at the page. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who recites a... declaimerperformerspeaker Word family Forms reciters Related forms reciterecitalrecitation Etymology Formed from recite + the agent suffix -er. Recite comes from Latin recitare ("read aloud; repeat from memory"), built from re- + citare ("call forth"). Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # reciter **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈsaɪtɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈsaɪtə/ **Frequency rank:** 178114 ## Meanings 1. a person who recites a poem, speech, or other text aloud, often from memory ## Examples - Each reciter performed a poem without looking at the page. ## Synonyms - declaimer - performer - speaker ## Related Forms - recite - recital - recitation ## Etymology Formed from recite + the agent suffix -er. Recite comes from Latin recitare ("read aloud; repeat from memory"), built from re- + citare ("call forth"). ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown