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Synonyms for revert

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

return turn back come back give back get back to roll back

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Restore — to cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner

return, turn back, come back, give back, turn, restore, regress, reply, recur, downgrade, retrovert, revest

2. Roll back

get back to, roll back, hark back

Other

undo, re-treat, reverberate

Noun

reversion, rollback, follow-up

Antonyms

convert, progress, advance

All antonyms of revert →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.

    Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print.

  2. v. 2

    To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.

  3. n. 1

    One who, or that which, reverts.

Related words

Word family
reversion revertible revertase
Phrases
revert war revert back
Is a kind of
alter

Forms

Plural
reverts → reversions, rollbacks, follow-ups…
Past participle
reverted
e.g. reverted → return'd, turned, restored, regressed…

Example sentences

  • reply There was no reply, even after several complaints.
  • restore Sami was determined to restore his sister's honor.
  • recur These are symptoms that may recur after some time.
  • regress It is quite clear that they are going to make us regress.
  • undo Tom slid his hands round her back to undo her bra.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
revertfalling
replyfalling
restoresteady
recursteady
regressrising
undorising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
turn1, undo2
5 letters
reply2, recur2
6 letters
return2, revest
7 letters
restore2, regress2
8 letters
rollback2
9 letters
downgrade2, reversion3, retrovert
11 letters
reverberate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (undo2 = 2 syllables).

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Français
retomber
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