Return synonyms and antonyms
rĭ-tûrn'
Category:
Part of speech:
To go back to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief:
To begin again; start over
To discover or be able to follow (a trail or scent) after losing it.
circle back
To go back
To make a return thrust.
To answer
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The act of reconsidering or something reconsidered
(Idiomatic) Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
The amount that accrues
accruement
The act of accruing.
A person or group of persons holding such a right, claim, or share:
The thing stated; account, declaration, assertion, etc.
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To happen or occur again, esp. after some lapse of time; appear at intervals
Alternative spelling of re-examine.
reinspect
Inspect again
Revive is defined as to bring something or someone back or make something or someone come back to life.
To give back
pay dividends
To yield a profit
Mirror is defined as to reflect or imitate.
advance (antonym)
To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
go forward (antonym)
To go back
repeated (related)
Said, made, done, or happening again, or again and again
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record (related)
Something that records:
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
recrudescence
The state or condition of being recrudescent.
A return to a former state, especially after apparent improvement.
Punishment administered in return for a wrong committed.
payment (antonym)
An amount paid:
Fall is defined as to drop or come down, often unexpectedly.
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enter (related)
The response of cells or tissues to an antigen, as in a test for immunization.
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
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The action, fact, or instance of occurring:
The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
The definition of a resurgence is a new start, or a revival.
bounding back
The act of coming again
(Sports) A return to a position of guard, readiness, etc., as after a lunge in fencing or a stroke in rowing
A beneficial factor or combination of factors:
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(Physics, Chem.) The total products actually obtained from given raw materials, usually expressed as a percentage of the amount theoretically obtainable
(Computing) A printout.
(Idiomatic) To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
To return by the same path
reel back
To go back
Of, relating to, or being something that repeats or is repeated:
The definition of repetitive is saying or doing something over and over again.
Stopping and starting at intervals; pausing from time to time; periodic
sent back
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(Anatomy) Turning in a reverse direction. Used of blood vessels and nerves.
(US) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
The act or action of reentering.
revisitation
An act of revisiting
An arrival or approach
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Repetition is the act of doing or saying something over and over and over again.
(Genetics) A return to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation.
reemergence
A second or subsequent emergence after being hidden etc.
Restoration is the act of repairing or renewing something.
The act of being returned
Restitution is defined as reimbursement for a loss or injury, or restoring to a former condition or returning something to the former owner.
The act of replacing something.
giving back
The act of being returned
That which compensates for an injury.
The act of rewarding or compensating; reward, compensation. [from 15th c.]
(Business, management, accounting) The act of compensating someone for an expense.
Acknowledgment is defined as admitting or saying that you know something, or that something is true.
An answer is defined as something that is similar or a close copy.
Rejoinder is a quick reply that is often sharp or witty, or is a legal term referring to a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's legal action.
An alternating back-and-forth movement.
Something reverberated.
The act or state of recoiling; reaction.
Financial gain from a transaction or from a period of investment or business activity, usually calculated as income in excess of costs or as the final value of an asset in excess of its initial value.
The definition of income is the amount of money received by a person, group or company during a certain period of time.
An increase in wealth, earnings, etc.; profit; winnings
go again
To go back
bounce back up
To go back
To cover with a new surface:
To return to a previous state of being.
retrace one's steps
To go back
To become sour:
To turn around on an axis or center.
To spin or turn around a center or axis; rotate
(Law) To get or get back by final judgment in a court
To move, go, or turn backward or in the opposite direction
To go back
To have repercussions: said as of an event or action [a governmental decision reverberating throughout the entire economy]
repercuss
(By extension) To reflect; to reverberate.
To trace again the story of, from the beginning
hark back to
To go back
To consider or discuss again.
To go to bed.
(Chess) To withdraw (a piece), as from a dangerous position
To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfil the end or office of.
(Engineering) To fit (something, especially a valve) back into its place.
To restore to a previously operational state.
React is defined as to respond to something, or to act in opposition to something.
To give or make some return or recompense to (a person), as for some service
To show, feel, or give in response or return:
To make return or repayment for (a benefit, service, etc., or an injury, wrong, etc.)
To return an injury, wrong, etc. for (an injury, wrong, etc. given); requite in kind
(Finance) To pass in exchange
hand back
To give back
roll-back
(Intransitive) To retreat.
toss back
To give back
thrust back
To give back
Reply is defined as to speak or write a response to something.
Respond is defined as to answer or reply or to act in return.
To say in reply or response
To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
(Intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
show profit
To yield a profit
To express in words; declare or utter:
To pronounce; utter:
Echo is defined as a sound repeating by sound wave reflection, having a lasting or far reaching impact, or repeating what someone else has said.
To cause to sound
departure (antonym)
A starting out, as on a trip or a new course of action.
exit (antonym)
The definition of an exit is a departure or a place for a departure.
going-out (antonym)
The act of coming again
disappearance (antonym)
The action of disappearing or vanishing.
taking (antonym)
The act of one that takes.
loss (antonym)
The amount of something lost:
disadvantage (antonym)
Damage or loss, especially to reputation or finances; detriment:
leave (antonym)
To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
hold (antonym)
To keep from departing or getting away:
keep (antonym)
To raise:
reparation (related)
Reparation is defined as anything paid or done to make up for a wrongdoing, or the act of making up for a wrongdoing.
pay (related)
(Intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
declare (related)
To make clearly known; state or announce openly, formally, etc.
(Archaic) Reciprocated; giving back to one another.
Rising or tending to rise again; resurging
The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
A reciprocal condition or relationship.
(Mathematics) A method of defining a sequence of objects, such as an expression, function, or set, where some number of initial objects are given and each successive object is defined in terms of the preceding objects. The Fibonacci sequence is defined by recursion.
A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
The act of regressing, especially the returning to a previous, usually worse or less developed state.
Process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country
Return, as for an injury or friendly act.
The definition of advert means to call attention to something.
To answer
To earn money, not including expenses.
To answer
To break out again after a period of latency or relative inactivity; become active again, as a disease
To say in answer
To send or order back, especially:
To restore (a person) to his or her own country.
The definition of report is giving an account of something or repeating something you've heard.
To present a reprise of (a song)
A reaction, as that of an organism or any of its parts, to a specific stimulus.
To bring back into being, use, etc.; reestablish
To answer
question (antonym)
A matter or case of difficulty
debt (antonym)
Debt is defined as owing money, owed money that is past due or the feeling as if you owe someone something.
ask (antonym)
To expect or demand:
throw away (antonym)
depart (antonym)
Depart is defined as to go away or leave.
To introduce again or anew
(Archaic) To draw up (a document).
To manufacture:
To gain; obtain
Something that takes place again.
approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
connect (related)
The definition of connect means to join together or to become joined.
money (related)
To make as income or profit
law (related)
(Informal, Dial.) To take legal action (against)
The act by which something is regained.
paying back
a reciprocal group action
getting-even
a reciprocal group action
return key
the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
An official document that income tax payers are required to complete to state income amounts, deductions, contributions and related financial information for tax purposes.
Replication is the act of reproducing or copying something, or is a copy of something.
A piece of money.
coming-back
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Something proceeding from a specified source:
Money or a thing of value that derives from a sale.
(Informal) Something coming as a climax or culmination to a series of events, esp. when unexpected or improbable
To turn back.
(Old Poet.) To revive
To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process:
return to (related)
returned (related)
returns (related)
dispatch (related)
send (related)
be-sent-back (related)
arrive-in (related)
resurfacing
The act of coming again
Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
The definition of an entrance is where you go in someplace, such as a door, or coming into someplace in a memorable way, or an actor coming on stage.
(Uncountable) Permission to enter.
To bring (a person or entity) back to a former condition; restore.
Relating to or part of a retaliation.
despatch (related)
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