REGAIN Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

regain

verb

ri-ˈgān

Definition of regain

as in to recapture

to get again in one's possession our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock

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Recent Examples of regain Sierra Canyon battles a JSerra team looking to regain its former luster after finishing 3-7 in 2025. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Vollering had been in the lead before crashing earlier in the race, and had one last shot to regain the yellow jersey from eventual winner Niewiadoma-Phinney. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Instead, the move gives Prieto an opportunity to regain confidence and continue getting regular at-bats. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 So, Díaz will continue working to regain his effectiveness on the mound, without changing roles. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for regain

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As expected, the Commanders spent much of the offseason trying to recapture what worked two years ago.

— Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 4 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 recapture

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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
Matson testified that Paul Robinson visited to the fraternity house two days after his son posted bail, then drove with Matson to retrieve the safe while his son packed at the fraternity house.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of retrieve

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With intermittent rain in the forecast over the next week, some sessions could be rescheduled or delayed for hours, corralling fans and shortening the time players have to recover for their next round.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
The dangerous weather conditions — which included 20-knot winds and waves more than eight feet high — prohibited first responders from recovering five bodies that were also found on the vessel, officials said.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of recover

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By his count, Sanders fell 71 times while reclaiming his record as the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail.

— Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Gina Hinojosa outlined her vision for Texans to reclaim the American Dream to over 300 people during her rally in Fort Worth on Tuesday.

— Maven Navarro Updated August 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

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