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return
noun as in coming again
Strongest matches
Strong matches
acknowledgment, answer, appearance, coming, entrance, homecoming, occurrence, reaction, reappearance, recoil, recoiling, recompense, recompensing, recrudescence, recurrence, reinstatement, rejoinder, replacement, repossession, restitution, restoring, retreat, reversion
Weak matches
noun as in earnings, benefit
Strong matches
accrual, accruement, advantage, avail, gate, lucre, proceeds, reciprocation, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, requital, results, retaliation, reward, take, takings
noun as in answer
noun as in summary
verb as in go back, turn back
Strong matches
react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recrudesce, recur, reexamine, repair, repeat, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate
Weak matches
back up, bounce back, circle back, come again, double back, go again, hark back to, move back, reel back, reenter, reoccur, retrace steps
verb as in give back, send back
Strong matches
bestow, convey, react, rebate, reciprocate, recompense, reestablish, refund, reimburse, reinstate, remit, render, repay, requite, reseat, restitute, retaliate, transmit
Weak matches
carry back, hand back, make restitution, pay back, put back, reinsert, roll back, take back, thrust back, toss back
verb as in earn
Weak matches
bring in, cash in on, clean up, make a killing, pay dividend, pay off, show profit
Example Sentences
These soil-dwelling microbes fix nitrogen for specialized plants like legumes in return for sugars and protection.
Smith returned to California in “a bad mental spot” — depression runs in his family, he says — but he regained some stability working as a nurse and as a worship leader.
Ms Riley, who lived in the city of Athens, north-east Georgia, was found dead in a wooded area of the UGA campus after she did not return from her morning run.
Israel’s stated goal in its war against Hezbollah is to allow the return of about 60,000 residents who have been displaced from communities in the country’s north because of the group’s attacks.
He and the rest of his entourage watched as the spacecraft aborted its second attempt to catch the returning booster at its launchpad and splashed into the Gulf of Mexico instead.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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