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retrieve - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | retrieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get back |
| Synonyms: | fetch, recall, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, salvage, save, bring back, reacquire, win back |
| Antonyms: | give, offer, relinquish |
| Main Entry: | fetch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go get, bring in |
| Synonyms: | back, bear, bring, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, earn, elicit, escort, get, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug*, make, obtain, pack, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, schlepp*, sell, shoulder*, transport, truck*, yield, be sold for, bring back, bring to, draw forth, give rise to, piggyback, sell for, tote |
| Antonyms: | free, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | field |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch a hit or thrown object |
| Synonyms: | cover, deflect, handle, hold, occupy, patrol, pick up, play, retrieve, return, stop, deal with, turn aside |
| Main Entry: | obtain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, acquire |
| Synonyms: | access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up*, collect, come by, compass, cop*, corral, drum up*, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab*, occupy, pick up, pocket*, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win |
| Notes: | obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect, harvest |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bring in, crop, cull, cut, derive, draw, gain, garner, gather, get, glean, mow, obtain, pick, pick up, pluck, procure, produce, profit, realize, receive, recover, retrieve, secure, strip, take in, win, come to have, get as a result, ingather |
| Antonyms: | plant, sow |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, expiate, fix, grease*, indemnify, offset, pay, propitiate, put out*, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, square*, ante up, atone for, comp, cough up, countervail, do business, give satisfaction, make amends, make good, make up for, overcompensate, pay for, spring for, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recoup |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover, make up for |
| Synonyms: | compensate, get back, redeem, refund, regain, reimburse, remunerate, repay, repossess, requite, retrieve, satisfy, get out from under, get well, make good, make redress for, make well, win back |
| Antonyms: | lose, worsen, downslide |
| Main Entry: | recruit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather resources |
| Synonyms: | augment, better, build up, call to arms, deliver, draft, engage, enlist, enroll, gain, impress, improve, induct, levy, mobilize, muster, obtain, procure, proselytize, raise, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retrieve, revive, round up, select, strengthen, supply, take in, take on, call up, fill up, find human resources, reanimate, sign on, sign up, store up, win over |
| Main Entry: | regain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get back, get back to |
| Synonyms: | achieve, attain, compass, gain, reach, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, repossess, retrieve, save, take back, get out from under, get well, make well, reach again, reacquire, reattain, retake, return to, win back |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | renovate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up, modernize |
| Synonyms: | clean, cleanse, do*, do up*, face-lift*, overhaul, reactivate, reform, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, rekindle, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resuscitate, retrieve, revamp, revive, spruce, spruce up*, update, gussy up, make over, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refit, remake, resurrect, retread, revitalize, revivify |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | replace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; put in place of |
| Synonyms: | alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, mend, oust, patch, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restore, retrieve, ring, shift, sub*, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, front for, give back, outplace, pinch hit for, put back, reconstitute, restitute, ring in, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of, swap places, take out, take over, take over from |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repossess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back |
| Synonyms: | get back, recapture, reclaim, recover, retrieve, obtain again, reacquire, retake |
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save from danger |
| Synonyms: | conserve, deliver, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get out, keep, liberate, preserve, protect, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, spring*, unleash, bail one out, disembarrass, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, manumit, pull out of the fire, save life of, set free, unloose |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, imperil, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salvage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, rescue |
| Synonyms: | deliver, get back, glean, ransom, reclaim, recover, redeem, regain, restore, retrieve, salve |
| Antonyms: | endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lose, waste |
| Main Entry: | get back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regain |
| Synonyms: | reclaim, recoup, recover, repossess, retrieve, salvage |
| Antonyms: | lose, miss, pass |
| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find again |
| Synonyms: | balance, compensate, get back, offset, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retrieve, salvage, take back, bring back, catch up, make good, obtain again, reacquire, rediscover, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, retake, win back |
| Antonyms: | lose, mislay, miss |
| Main Entry: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover possession |
| Synonyms: | buy off, cash, change, cover, defray, discharge, exchange, get back, purchase, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, regain, reinstate, repay, repossess, restore, retrieve, settle, take in, buy back, call in, cash in, make good, pay off, replevin, replevy, repurchase, trade in, win back |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, restore |
| Synonyms: | correct, darn, debug*, do up*, doctor*, emend, heal, improve, mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, rebuild, recover, rectify, redress, reform, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, retrieve, revamp, revive, right, settle, sew, square*, touch up, compensate for, fiddle with, give a face-lift, make good, make up for, put back together, put in order, put right, recondition, retread |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, destroy, hurt, injure, ruin, spoil, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain good outcome |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, avail, benefit, come off*, conquer, distance, earn, flourish, fulfill, gain, get, hit*, make out*, obtain, outdistance, outwit, overcome, possess, prevail, profit, prosper, pull off*, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, score, secure, surmount, thrive, triumph, turn out*, vanquish, win, work, worst, be successful, carry off*, do all right, do the trick, get to the top, grow famous, make a fortune, make good, make it |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; discover |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, come across, come up with, delve, expose, extricate, find, go into, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, research, retrieve, root, search, sift*, uncover, unearth, dig down, search high and low, shake down*, turn inside out, turn upside down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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