RECOVERED Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

past tense of recover

as in retrieved

to get again in one's possession after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys

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as in rebounded

to regain a former or normal state after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory

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as in healed

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness I see you're recovering well from the accident

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as in recycled

to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product the process of recovering aluminum from old cans

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Recent Examples of recovered

Adjective

Federal prosecutors said in the complaint that the recovered device linked to Alfozan was a small microcontroller with a detachable camera sensor and digital microphone, a model easily available for purchase and listed for $24 on Amazon. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 The recovered objects include a Baroque wooden angel from the Church of Vera Cruz, a copy of Ecce Homo by Spanish Renaissance painter Luis de Morales, and a panel depicting the Seventh Station of the Cross. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Its return marks a milestone in SpaceX's efforts to develop Starship as a rapidly reusable launch vehicle, with lessons from the recovered spacecraft potentially informing future vehicle designs and recovery operations. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The discovery is particularly significant because the ceramics are believed to have originated in Rhosus, a production center mentioned in the writings of Cicero — though there's no evidence that the recovered dishes belonged to Cicero himself. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Researchers regenerated the recovered electrode materials through direct recycling processes and used them to manufacture new batteries. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Other bills would pay whistleblowers a share of recovered fines and let New Yorkers sue AI companies for foreseeable harms caused by jailbroken tools. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 Rademeyer said police should trace recovered guns, clear the ballistics backlog and investigate non-fatal shootings, which can be warnings of more violence. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 Authorities are comparing the samples with DNA collected from recovered remains. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this month that Gulf crude flows had recovered to between 80% and 90% of prewar levels. — Steven John, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Police recovered 350 boxes of Hot Wheels toy cars valued at about $54,000, according to the post. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Officers later recovered a firearm believed to have been discharged during the standoff. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Her left upper arm was never recovered, and her internal organs were still missing. — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 Police recovered the jewelry once the merchandise had passed through his digestive system. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Several portions of the plane were relatively intact when archaeologists recovered them from the crash site. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The investigation resulted in a 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records, and a federal indictment in Florida charged Trump with dozens of felony counts. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 More recently, prices have recovered slightly and are currently near 80 cents/lb. — Sj Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recovered

Adjective

But the tale of the shitty guy who uses his ‘saved’ status to avoid scrutiny of his current choices?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Spotify noted that the album is one of the most pre-saved album Countdown Pages in platform history, with more than five million presaves.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2026

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Adjective

The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of repaired

Verb

Rubio-Leiva’s family members were airlifted to Canazei while her body was retrieved, the local carabinieri told CNN.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Physicist Flavio Del Santo at the University of Geneva retrieved it and analyzed its contents to establish a likely date it was written and also what the famous physicist thought about random outcomes in quantum physics.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieved

Verb

But moviegoing rebounded the following day, with Sunday admissions rising by 80,000 compared with the previous Sunday.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Nonetheless, California rebounded from that blow, with the state becoming the epicenter of innovation in the new internet economy, minting trillion-dollar companies such as Apple and Google.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebounded

Verb

During sleep, neurons go quiet, ROS are cleared, and damaged mitochondria are repaired or recycled.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
This is a circular design that aims to maximize mono-material construction, which will allow the zipper to be recycled together with the garment.

— Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of recycled

Adjective

Each piece is unique thanks to the hand-finishing in reclaimed pine.

— Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2026
They’re hand-built from reclaimed timber, local stone and thatch, and furnished with curtains of clinging seashells, driftwood details, and swathes of creamy linen.

— Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026