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Synonyms of come back

  • verb



  • as in to recover



  • as in to snap back



  • as in to respond

  • noun



  • as in retort



  • as in response



  • as in rehabilitation

  • as in to recover
  • as in to snap back
  • as in to respond
  • as in retort
  • as in response
  • as in rehabilitation


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verb

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1

as in to recover

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

she’s slowly coming back after being in a coma

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  • recover

  • snap back

  • improve

  • come to

  • heal

  • pull round

  • come around

  • recuperate

  • rally

  • gain

  • come round

  • convalesce

  • recoup

  • survive

  • mend

  • pull through

  • revive

  • pick up

  • recruit

  • cheer (up)

  • perk (up)


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • collapse

  • come down

  • waste (away)

  • ail

  • fail

  • sicken

  • decline

  • deteriorate

  • fade

  • weaken

  • worsen

  • degenerate

  • wilt

  • sink

  • languish

  • wither

  • relapse

  • regress

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  • collapse

  • come down

  • waste (away)

  • ail

  • fail

  • sicken

  • decline

  • deteriorate

  • fade

  • weaken

  • worsen

  • degenerate

  • wilt

  • sink

  • languish

  • wither

  • relapse

  • regress

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2

as in to snap back

to regain a former or normal state

the American bald eagle was once nearly extinct but has come back strong

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • recover

  • snap back

  • rally

  • rebound

  • bounce (back)

  • make a comeback

  • stage a comeback

  • revive

  • reanimate

  • revitalize


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fail

  • decline

  • worsen

  • fail

  • decline

  • worsen

3

as in to respond

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction

he came back with another one of his smart remarks

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • respond

  • reply

  • answer

  • react

  • retort

  • return

  • rejoin

  • comment

  • counter

  • communicate

  • explain

  • field

  • acknowledge

  • remark

  • correspond

  • defend

  • riposte

  • refute

  • deny

  • rebut


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ask

  • inquire

  • question

  • examine

  • challenge

  • pump

  • interrogate

  • grill

  • survey

  • quiz

  • poll

  • query

  • crossexamine

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  • ask

  • inquire

  • question

  • examine

  • challenge

  • pump

  • interrogate

  • grill

  • survey

  • quiz

  • poll

  • query

  • crossexamine

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comeback

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noun

1

as in retort

a quick witty response

always ready with a comeback for every insult

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • retort

  • riposte

  • insult

  • repartee

  • back talk

  • zinger

  • wisecrack

  • quip

  • squelch

  • witticism

  • cut

  • putdown

  • crack

  • sally

2

as in response

something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question

regardless of the question posed by the prosecutor, the witness had a plausible comeback

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • response

  • answer

  • return

  • reply

  • reaction

  • rejoinder

  • retort

  • remark

  • replication

  • rebuttal

  • banter

  • back talk

  • observation

  • communication

  • refutation

  • justification

  • explanation

  • defense

  • comment

  • feedback

  • non sequitur

  • acknowledgment

  • plea

  • acknowledgement

  • repartee

  • persiflage

  • correspondence


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • question

  • inquiry

  • challenge

  • query

  • charge

  • quiz

  • interrogation

  • grilling

  • survey

  • poll

  • interrogatory

  • questionnaire

  • crossexamination

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  • question

  • inquiry

  • challenge

  • query

  • charge

  • quiz

  • interrogation

  • grilling

  • survey

  • poll

  • interrogatory

  • questionnaire

  • crossexamination

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3

as in rehabilitation

the process or period of gradually regaining one’s health and strength

trying to make a comeback after a career-threatening injury

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rehabilitation

  • recovery

  • rehab

  • healing

  • revival

  • recuperation

  • convalescence

  • rally

  • mending

  • survival

  • resuscitation

  • snapback


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • decline

  • failing

  • deterioration

  • fading

  • worsening

  • degeneration

  • weakening

  • sinking

  • regression

  • relapse

  • wilting

  • languishing

  • wasting (away)

  • withering

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  • decline

  • failing

  • deterioration

  • fading

  • worsening

  • degeneration

  • weakening

  • sinking

  • regression

  • relapse

  • wilting

  • languishing

  • wasting (away)

  • withering

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Phrases Containing come back

  • make a comeback
  • stage a comeback
  • make a comeback
  • stage a comeback

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  • improvement
  • rebound
  • resurgence
  • return
  • revival
  • victory
  • winning
  • rally
  • impertinence
  • back talk
  • quip
  • rejoinder
  • repartee
  • reply
  • response
  • retaliation
  • riposte
  • answer back

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Colleges and universities have constantly shifted their comeback plans, but at this point about 25 percent plan to be mostly online, 21 percent primarily in person, 15 percent taking a hybrid approach … and 27 percent TBD.

IS SCHOOL OUT FOREVER?DANIEL MALLOYAUGUST 9, 2020OZY

Now, with every chance for a comeback, Nan wanted me to pass!

THE SCAPEGOATRICHARD MAPLES

Fergus made an extremely poor showing on Memorial Day, and the manager thinks this odd bull would provide a real comeback!

THY ROCKS AND RILLSROBERT ERNEST GILBERT

The only American comeback to this growing prejudice is to build factories or assembling plants within the British Isles.

THE WAR AFTER THE WARISAAC FREDERICK MARCOSSON

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WORDS RELATED TO COMEBACK

  • Band-Aid
  • acknowledgment
  • antiphon
  • back talk
  • backcap
  • close
  • comeback
  • comment
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  • counterclaim
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  • statement
  • thank-you note
  • the ticket
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  • vindication
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  • acknowledge
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  • argue
  • back at you
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  • give a snappy comeback
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  • rejoin
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  • sass
  • say
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  • acknowledgments
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  • nasty reply
  • rejoinder
  • retort
  • return
  • riposte
  • sass
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  1. come back, returnverb

    be restored

    «Her old vigor returned»

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, return, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  2. hark back, return, come back, recallverb

    go back to something earlier

    «This harks back to a previous remark of his»

    Synonyms:
    reelect, bring back, echo, retrovert, return, recollect, deliver, retrieve, call in, refund, hark back, give back, call up, rejoin, revert, devolve, repay, turn back, come back, retort, think, riposte, give, take back, pass, render, recall, yield, regress, call back, fall, generate, remember, withdraw

  3. come backverb

    even the score, in sports

    Synonyms:
    retort, return, hark back, repay, come back, recall, riposte, rejoin

  4. retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoinverb

    answer back

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, bring back, pay back, riposte, deliver, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, reward, generate, return, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, requite, rejoin, give back, turn back

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  1. Von Bidder:

    Read MoreInvestors didn’t have enough time to make sure Melanie Griffith and her then-husband would come back to Read MoreInvestors, people would eat [ at the Four Seasons ] two or three times per week. Then all of a sudden it’s gone for two years. They fell out of habit.

  2. Spencer Walker:

    It’s not like he touched someone one time. He’s a serial rapist. he told me if I didn’t say anything, he would come back and put flowers on the grave.

  3. Wang Mingli:

    There is no frothiness in leading large-cap stocks, seen as safer bets as China pushes forward with registration-based IPO reforms in the market, investors would come back even later if they reduce exposure for now as there are few options out there that represent the country’s future economic development.

  4. Pete Buttigieg:

    Hopefully some funnier minds than mine will be doing some writing for that. I think it is going to be fun, the thing about running a presidential campaign is you will have been focused on one thing and one thing only. It is nice to be able to zoom out and come back at life.

  5. Jaime Monroy:

    My family doesnt recognize me at home anymore, i leave at 3 in the morning and come back at 10 at night.


Translations for Come Back

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  • عاد, رجعArabic
  • vrátitCzech
  • zurückkehren, zurückkommenGerman
  • reveniEsperanto
  • regresar, volverSpanish
  • naasmaEstonian
  • برگشتنPersian
  • palataFinnish
  • koma afturFaroese
  • revenirFrench
  • वापस आनाHindi
  • վերադառնալArmenian
  • tornareItalian
  • 戻る, 帰るJapanese
  • დაბრუნება, ბრუნდებაGeorgian
  • ត្រឡប់, ត្រឡប់មកវិញKhmer
  • گه‌ڕانه‌وه‌Kurdish
  • revenio, redeoLatin
  • terugkomenDutch
  • komme tilbake, returnereNorwegian
  • wrócić, wracaćPolish
  • voltarPortuguese
  • kutiyQuechua
  • întoarceRomanian
  • возвратиться, возвращаться, вернутьсяRussian
  • vrátiť sa, prísť späť, navrátiť saSlovak
  • komma tillbakaSwedish
  • واپس آناUrdu

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