GETTING BACK Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

getting back

verb

present participle of get back

as in retrieving

to get again in one's possession the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog

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Recent Examples of getting back There was a far greater degree of comfort offense, getting back to more pick-and-roll and dribble handoffs. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Then Cyrus got real about the difficulty of getting back on stage to perform after so many years and her decision to step back from the rigors of major tours. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026 Another plan for 2027 is Sanuk getting back into brick-and-mortar. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Both Seeman and Hill will sit out immediately without pay before getting back on the field. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Allen has maintained his Duke roots, getting back to Durham most summers and speaking about once a month with his former coach, Mike Krzyzewski. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026 And while LeBron meets his new teammates and settles into Philadelphia this week, his son is getting back to work with the Lakers. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 The Europa League will test Milan’s depth, which could benefit Musah, a 2022 World Cup starter who has recently shown flashes of getting back to his best. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Isaacman has sought to give NASA’s deep-space exploration program a singular focus on getting back to the Moon and establishing a settlement there. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting back

Verb

The researchers say the finding could eventually support new approaches to storing and retrieving quantum information.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Reading data from the cache is faster than retrieving it from main memory, and the agents used this timing difference to communicate.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieving

Verb

New London officials are eagerly endorsing Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ proposal as a way to draw some of the thousands of new employees being hired by nearby Electric Boat while recapturing a stretch of attractive waterfront at the marina.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
As opposed to infantile regression, the oceanic feeling can also be understood as a means of recapturing a repressed sense of relation, connection, affinities.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of recapturing

Verb

However, recovering their constituent materials at the required purity for reuse is technically challenging.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Osment plays a recovering alcoholic and social media influencer, with Kotcheff as Francis, who has abandoned her Amish community for Osment’s character, and Leder as the agoraphobic and heavily pregnant wannabe-actress Lillie.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026