Revert Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-vûrt
To come back to a former condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. recrudesce
  2. recur
  3. reoccur
  4. return
To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. regress
  2. return
  3. backslide
  4. lapse
  5. relapse
  6. retrogress
  7. go back
  8. recur to
  9. react
  10. recover
  11. retrograde
  12. retrovert
  13. reverse
  14. turn
  15. undo
  16. turn-back
Antonyms:
  1. progress
  2. develop
  3. grow
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Words Related to Revert

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. better
  2. repetition
  3. revert-to
  4. change-back
  5. fall back

Revert Sentence Examples

  • We shall revert to this subject below.

  • It did not revert to the crown till his death in 1447.

  • The mention of Liszt has led us to anticipate the end of the story, and we must revert to 1836, when the acquaintance began.

  • Compound locomotives have been tried, as stated in § 17, but the tendency in England is to revert to the simple engine for all classes of work, though on the continent of Europe and in America the compound locomotive is largely adopted, and is doing excellent work.

  • If we begin with a blue glass, we may observe the gradually increasing obliquity of the direction of maximum polarization; and then by exchanging the blue glass for a red one, we may revert to the original condition of things, and observe the transition from perpendicularity to obliquity over again.

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