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returning - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | returning |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | the act of coming back |
| Synonyms: | rebound, repetition, retreat, return, reverberation, revolution, revolving, rotation, reappearance, recurrence, reentrance, reoccurrence, reoccurring, retracing, rotating, turning back |
| Main Entry: | returning |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | the act of sending back |
| Synonyms: | repayment, answering, bringing back, giving back, recompensing, replying, responding, restoring |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go back, turn back |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce back, come back, double back, react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recur, reexamine, repair, repeat, retire, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate, turn, circle back, come again, go again, hark back to, move back, recrudesce, reel back, reenter, reoccur, retrace steps |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back, send back |
| Synonyms: | bestow, convey, give, make restitution, react, rebate, reciprocate, recompense, reestablish, refund, reimburse, reinstate, remit, render, repay, replace, requite, restore, retaliate, send, take back, transmit, carry back, hand back, pay back, put back, reinsert, reseat, restitute, roll back, thrust back, toss back |
| Antonyms: | keep, take |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | earn |
| Synonyms: | bring in, clear*, make, net, pay, repay, score, yield, cash in on, clean up*, make a killing, pay dividend, pay off, show profit |
| Antonyms: | pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer |
| Synonyms: | announce, bring in, come back, come in, communicate, declare, deliver, pass, rejoin, render, reply, report, respond, retort, state, submit, arrive at, come to |
| Antonyms: | ask, request |
| Main Entry: | perpetual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continual, lasting |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, constant, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incessant, infinite, interminable, intermittent, never-ending, perennial, permanent, persistent, recurrent, repeated, repeating, repetitious, returning, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unending, unfailing, uninterrupted, continued, going on, never-ceasing, perdurable, recurring, reoccurring, sempiternal, unremitting, without end |
| Antonyms: | brief, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, temporary, transient |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize receipt of something |
| Synonyms: | address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reply, react |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, argue, back talk, claim, comeback, contest, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, get back at*, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass*, say, settle, solve, squelch, top*, answer back, back at you, be in touch, counterclaim, field the question, get back to, give a snappy comeback, shoot back, talk back |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | ask, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boomerang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | backfire |
| Synonyms: | backlash, bounce back, come back, kick back, react, rebound, recoil, return, reverse, ricochet, come home to roost |
| Antonyms: | work |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command a price |
| Synonyms: | afford, bring in, draw, earn, fetch, gross, net, produce, return, take, yield, sell for |
| Main Entry: | bring in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a profit |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, bear, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield, be worth |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, respond in retaliation |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, cross, dash, disappoint, foil, frustrate, hinder, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, counterwork, fly in the face of, have bone to pick, hit back, play off, ward off |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, become less |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, languish, lapse, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose value |
| Antonyms: | improve, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, deteriorate |
| Synonyms: | backslide, corrode, corrupt, decline, decrease, deprave, descend, disintegrate, fall off, go to pieces*, lapse, lessen, regress, retrogress, return, revert, rot, sink, slip, vitiate, worsen, come apart at seams, die on vine, disimprove, go downhill, go to the dogs |
| Antonyms: | develop, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | double back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retrace one's steps |
| Synonyms: | back up, backpedal, backtrack, circle, dodge, loop, retrace one's steps, return, reverse, reverse path, turn, turn back |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, go forward |
| 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: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, proffer |
| Synonyms: | administer, bestow, confer, dispense, display, evidence, extend, furnish, hold out, indicate, issue, manifest, minister, offer, pose, present, produce, provide, put on, render, return, show, tender, yield, set forth |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | go back/go back on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break promise; change one's mind |
| Synonyms: | abandon, betray, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch, renege, repudiate, retract, return, revert, be unfaithful, run out on |
| Antonyms: | keep, promise |
| Main Entry: | haunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit as a spirit |
| Synonyms: | agitate, agonize, annoy, appall, appear, bedevil, beset, besiege, come back, disquiet, dwell, float, frighten, harass, hound*, hover, infest, inhabit, intrude, madden, manifest, materialize, molest, nettle, obsess, overrun, permeate, pervade, pester, plague, possess, prey on, rack*, reappear, recur, return, rise, spook*, tease, terrify, terrorize, torment, trouble, vex, voodoo*, walk, worry, be ever present, harrow, stay with, weigh on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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