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

Tank Dell had one reception for 43 yards and returned a punt for 14 yards in his return after missing almost two years recovering from a gruesome knee injury. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Hardy has spent the season recovering from a gunshot wound in his left leg. — Pj Green october 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 Despite environmental concerns with recovering helium from natural gas, there are also opportunities, said Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Lenfast Center for Sustainable Energy at Columbia University. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 Cinépolis is steadily recovering from the devastating impact of COVID-19, which forced it to close cinemas and permanently give up some locations. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 Preventing scams from happening is a lot easier than recovering your money after a scam occurs. — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 She has just been released from rehab after falling off the wagon and spends much of her day either sleeping or recovering from bad dreams of being chased by Nazis. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Miami’s defense forced and recovered a fumble on FSU’s next possession, with Xavier Lucas (playing in his first game since the season opener) recovering a Wisner fumble forced by Ethan O’Connor. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith later confirmed that 39 people had been killed with at least 19 in critical condition, saying that some were recovering from severe burns and would require long-term treatment. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recovering

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

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
According to the criminal complaint, the woman called police for help retrieving belongings from a friend's house.

— Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieving

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The Valkyries also crashed the offensive boards, rebounding their own misses to give themselves more chances to score.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Josephine will begin to pull away Thursday, allowing winds and water levels to gradually subside, with highs rebounding to the upper 60s inland.

— Grant Gilmore, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebounding

Verb

The Holistic Touch treatment uses Ayurvedic techniques to rebalance the body’s energy, including healing poultices and marma-point stimulation.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Recognizing this divine reality even a little, brings tangible, healing comfort to anyone who opens up their heart to it.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of healing

Verb

The interior is designed to match, and far from recycling bright, beachy tropes, instead opts for subtler period antiques, oversized tubs, dark wood floors, and brass lighting fixtures.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Enough to keep some operators solvent, not enough to make sorting for recycling an investable business case.

— Erik Lagerblad, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of recycling

Adjective

The new version features a single, improved fairing, rather than a separate center and rear fairings.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
These investments have created significant value and improved decision making across the enterprise, but digital transformation hasn’t reached the shop floor with the same intensity.

— Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of improved

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

Trump has spent the past month crisscrossing the country, rallying in support of down-ballot Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Leo Walta scored the tying goal in the 62nd minute, and LAFC clinched a playoff spot by rallying from two goals down in the second half for a 2-2 draw with the Galaxy on Sunday night.

— Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026