Synonyms for return
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Come back
come back, send back, bring back, turn back, go back, revert, take back, re-join, regress, resume, hark back, re-call, recur dated, retrovert rare
Other
re-appear, repatriate, report, reflect, harvest, remit, recede, re-elect, ebb, revest rare, revend dated
Noun
1. Restitution
restitution, restoration, repatriation, reward, recompense, regaining, repayment, reversion, retribution, reimbursement, redress, requite, regression, rendition, requital
3. Payment
Other
re-appearance, recurrence, benefit, interest, homecoming, relapse informal, atavism, recrudescence, gaincoming dated, returnal rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To come or go back (to a place or person).
Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.
- v. 2
To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- n. 1
The act of returning.
I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.
- n. 2
A return ticket.
Do you want a one-way or a return?
Related words
- Word family
- returnee
- Phrases
- soft return tax return carriage return income tax return return piece return ticket eternal return hard return
- Is a kind of
- give
Choose the right word
The word proceeds is chiefly used of the return from an investment: we speak of the produce of a farm, but of the proceeds of the money invested in farming.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- refund They'll refund your money if you're not satisfied.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| return | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1, ebb1
- 4 letters
- give1, fall1, pass1
- 5 letters
- issue2, reply2, yield1, repay2, remit2, recur2
- 6 letters
- report2, answer2, profit2, reward2, resume2, refund2, render2, revert2, payoff2, retort2, recede2, revest, revend
- 7 letters
- benefit3, payment2, replace2, counter2, revenue3, deliver3, respond2, reflect2, restore2, harvest2, relapse2, redress2, devolve2, regress2
- 8 letters
- interest2, generate3, comeback2, proceeds2, requital, returnal
- 9 letters
- rendition3, repayment3, reinstate3, retaliate4, regaining3, reversion3, rejoinder3, retrovert
- 10 letters
- regression3, homecoming3, recurrence3, recompense3, repatriate4, gaincoming
- 11 letters
- restoration4, retribution4, replication4, restitution4
- 12 letters
- repatriation5
- 13 letters
- reimbursement4, recrudescence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rentrer
- Italiano
- tornare
- Español
- volver
- Deutsch
- zurückkehren