coming back

Main Entry:
come back
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: return
Synonyms: come again, do better, re-enter, reappear, recover, recur, remigrate, resume, triumph
Antonyms: depart, go, leave
Main Entry: get back
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: return
Synonyms: arrive home, come back, come home, reappear, revert, revisit, turn back
Antonyms: depart, go away, leave
Main Entry: haunt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: visit as a spirit
Synonyms: agitate, agonize, annoy, appall, appear, be ever present, bedevil, beset, besiege, come back, disquiet, dwell, float, frighten, harass, harrow, 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, stay with, tease, terrify, terrorize, torment, trouble, vex, voodoo, walk, weigh on, worry
Main Entry: recur
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: happen again; repeat in one's mind
Synonyms: be remembered, be repeated, come again, come and go, come back, crop up again, haunt thoughts, iterate, persist, reappear, recrudesce, reiterate, repeat, return, return to mind, revert, run through one's mind, turn back
Antonyms: halt, stop
Main Entry: reply
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: answer
Synonyms: acknowledge, be in touch, come back, counter, echo, feedback, field the question, get back to, react, reciprocate, rejoin, respond, retaliate, retort, return, riposte, shoot back, squelch, top*, write back
Notes: an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question
reply is generally used when the answer is understood to be verbal - either written or oral; response, by contrast, has a more general application and may be used for a variety of reactions
respond suggests a quick reaction while reply implies a return commensurate with the original demand or question
Antonyms: question, request
Main Entry: respond
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act in answer to something
Synonyms: acknowledge, act in response, answer, answer back, be in touch with, behave, come back, come back at, come in, counter, feedback, feel for, field the question, get back to, get in touch, react, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, retort, return, talk back
Notes: respond suggests a quick reaction while reply implies a return commensurate with the original demand or question
Antonyms: ask, question, request
Main Entry: resume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: begin again
Synonyms: assume again, carry on, come back, continue, go on, go on with, keep on, keep up, occupy again, pick up, proceed, reassume, recapitulate, recommence, recoup, regain, reinstitute, reoccupy, reopen, repossess, restart, retake, return to, take back, take up
Antonyms: finish, halt, stop
Main Entry: return
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go back, turn back
Synonyms: back up, bounce back, circle back, come again, come back, double back, go again, hark back to, move back, react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recrudesce, recur, reel back, reenter, reexamine, reoccur, repair, repeat, retire, retrace steps, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate, turn
Antonyms: depart, leave
Main Entry: return
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: answer
Synonyms: announce, arrive at, bring in, come back, come in, come to, communicate, declare, deliver, pass, rejoin, render, reply, report, respond, retort, state, submit
Antonyms: ask, request
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