RECOVERING Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of recovering

as in better

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verb

present participle of recover

as in retrieving

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 rebounding

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 healing

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 recycling

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 recovering

Adjective

Plus, its 3-hour battery life means less charging, and more recovering. — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023 She was taken to a hospital with punctures and lacerations and is stable and recovering. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022 Instead of ignoring that muscle or ligament strain, see a qualified health care provider and expect to spend a few weeks to a month or more recovering, depending on the severity of the injury, your age and other factors. — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 10 Aug. 2022 Your Socialist Government spending flooded a recovering post COVID economy and created inflation! — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 8 June 2022 The Omaha police officer shot twice by a shoplifting suspect at Nebraska’s largest mall Friday is stable and recovering, police announced Saturday. — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2021

Verb

That buffer though isn't without limits, as signs are emerging that China's crude imports may be gradually recovering. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026 For new mothers recovering postpartum or returning to work, this can feel like a second shift. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Still recovering from knee surgery, Phillips held binoculars in one hand, peering down from a booth so high jersey numbers blurred into guesswork. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Hurricane Helene forever changed Western North Carolina, and many communities are still recovering. — Matt Leclercq, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026 Strong security habits and reliable backups give you a better chance of recovering if something goes wrong. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Daltrey just began a run of solo dates in America, and Townshend is recovering from a knee replacement surgery that forced him to cancel an appearance at Eric Clapton’s crossroads festival in Austin, Texas, later this month. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026 Fueling the brighter outlook, crop markets are finally recovering. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The wildfire agreement does not bar insurance companies from recovering money from utilities after a fire — a provision Newsom pushed for but Assembly and Senate leaders resisted. — Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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Adjective

Which is why better hiring begins with three ways of protecting ourselves against both.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.

— Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025

Definition of better

Verb

Engineers must decouple search-data integration from my formatting engine so that retrieving web information does not automatically trigger a mandatory text truncation.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
GenAI is now retrieving from your worst-quality data, not your best.

— Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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Tetart's ex-teammates say getting hit by the transgender scoring and rebounding queen is like being hit by a train.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Personal trainer Eve Overland told Good Housekeeping that incline treadmill walking, easy rebounding or even some dance classes are appropriate choices too.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebounding

Verb

Anything starts to look possible in Ricki’s presence, even healing.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Grande, who was healing from a minor foot injury, addressed the crowd from the stage while sitting on a stool overlooking the thousands gathered at O2 Arena.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of healing

Verb

The companies also outlined their intentions to explore additional heavy rare earth recycling opportunities at the Missouri site.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
All city recycling drop-off locations except for the Strip District location will be closed for Labor Day.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of recycling

Adjective

The AirPods 5 are redesigned with a new acoustic architecture, upgrades to adaptive active noise cancellation (ANC) with 50 percent better noise reduction than the AirPods 4, and improved sound.

— Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2026
Its new Health Sensing System promises improved accuracy for higher-frequency heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) measurements.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of improved

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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
Davidson continued, pointing to his longevity and recapturing the magic he’s built alongside legends and sharing it with a new generation of viewers.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of recapturing

Verb

The president capped off the event, which competed with the NFL regular season kickoff on television, by attacking Democrats while rallying supporters in the Lone Star State in a bid to boost GOP enthusiasm across the country.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The Dodgers should sit Raman in their dugout come playoff time, because her knack for rallying from behind is almost preternatural.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026