Synonyms of recuperated

recuperated

verb

past tense of recuperate

as in recovered

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recovered
• healed
• improved
• recouped
• convalesced
• gained
• rallied
• came back
• snapped back
• revived
• mended
• survived
• came to
• pulled round
• came around
• came round
• recruited
• cheered (up)
• perked (up)
• picked up
• pulled through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsed
• came down
• failed
• weakened
• faded
• declined
• deteriorated
• degenerated
• worsened
• sank
• sickened
• withered
• wasted (away)
• ailed
• languished
• wilted
• regressed
• relapsed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recuperated

After a lackluster short program that led to an unexpected second-place finish for Ilia Malinin, the Quad God recuperated with a near-clean free skate to lead Team USA to a gold medal finish in the figure skating team event competition. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026

After a demanding weekend of races at Zandvoort, Larsen recuperated 30 minutes away in her De L’Europe Amsterdam suite. —Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

The seventeen-year-old mandolin-and-violin tune that millennials played with anticipatory nostalgia during college is now accompanying social-media video clips about the DC Universe, its cringe wholly recuperated as commodity. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025