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gat better
| Main Entry: |
get over
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover |
| Synonyms: | come round, get better, mend, overcome, pull through, recuperate, shake off, survive |
| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
| Synonyms: | aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, refit, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | pick up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve |
| Synonyms: | continue, gain, gain ground, get better, get well, increase, make a comeback, mend, perk up, rally, recommence, recover, renew, reopen, restart, resume, swell, take up |
| Antonyms: | weaken, worsen |
| Main Entry: | pull through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover |
| Synonyms: | come through, get better, get over, improve, rally, ride out, survive, triumph, weather* |
| Antonyms: | die, fail, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revive; take a turn for the better |
| Synonyms: | bounce back, brace up, come along, come around, come from behind, enliven, get act together, get back in shape, get better, get second wind, grow stronger, improve, invigorate, make a comeback, perk up, pick up, pull through, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain strength, shape up, snap out of it, surge, turn around, turn things around |
| Antonyms: | lose, regress, weaken |
| Main Entry: | rebound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce back; ricochet |
| Synonyms: | backfire, boomerang, convalesce, get back on one's feet, get better, get in shape, get well, heal, kick back, make a comeback, mend, overcome, pick up, pull through, rally, recoil, recuperate, regain one's health, rejuvenate, return, return to form, revive, snap back, spring back, start anew |
| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve in health |
| Synonyms: | be out of woods, better, bounce back, come around, convalesce, feel oneself again, forge ahead, gain, get back on feet, get better, get in shape, get out from under, get over, get well, grow, heal, increase, make a comeback, mend, overcome, perk up, pick up, pull through, rally, rebound, recuperate, refresh, regain one's health, regain one's strength, rejuvenate, renew, restore, return to form, revive, snap back, sober up, start anew, take turn for better |
| Antonyms: | decline, deteriorate, wane |
| Main Entry: | recuperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve in health |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, be on the mend, be out of the woods, bounce back, convalesce, gain, get back on one's feet, get better, get well, heal, look up, make a comeback, mend, perk up, pick up, pull out of it, pull through, rally, recover, regain health, snap out of it, turn the corner |
| Antonyms: | decline, deteriorate, fail, worsen |
| Main Entry: | bounce back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recuperate quickly |
| Synonyms: | echo, gain strength, get better, get over, get well, mend, overcome, pull around, rebound, recover, recuperate, reflect, renew one's strength, turn the corner |
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