come back

come back

verb

Definition of COME BACK

1

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness <she's slowly coming back after being in a coma>

Synonyms come back, gain, heal, mend, pull round [chiefly British], rally, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back

Related Words come around, come round, come to, improve, pick up, revive; cheer (up), perk (up); pull through, survive; recruit

Near Antonyms ail, collapse, come down, sicken; decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsen; regress, relapse

2

to regain a former or normal state <the American bald eagle was once nearly extinct but has come back strong>

Synonyms bounce (back), come back, rally, rebound, snap back

Related Words reanimate, revitalize, revive

Near Antonyms decline, fail, worsen

3

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction <he came back with another one of his smart remarks>

Synonyms come back, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, riposte

Related Words acknowledge, comment, communicate, correspond, react, remark; counter, defend, deny, explain, field, rebut, refute

Near Antonyms challenge, cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, quiz; poll, query, survey

Antonyms ask, inquire, question