Synonyms of retrieved

retrieved 1 of 2

adjective

as in saved

Related Words

• saved
• recovered
• reclaimed
• redeemed
• salvaged
• restored
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

Dissimilar Words

• rejected
• vacated
• forgotten
• ignored
• deserted
• abandoned
• vacant
• forsaken
• disused
• void
• discarded
• desolate
• derelict
• unattended
• neglected
• untended
• junked
• refuse
• waste
• jettisoned
• cast-off
• castaway

retrieved

2 of 2

verb

past tense of retrieve

as in recaptured

to get again in one's possession

needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recaptured
• regained
• recovered
• reclaimed
• reacquired
• retook
• got back
• repossessed
• re-collected
• replenished
• recouped
• recruited
• rescued
• redeemed
• repurchased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• misplaced
• mislaid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of retrieved

Verb

At one point, the suspect retrieved a knife and was using the weapon during the altercation with the resident, Garcia said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

On Saturday, Israel's military said Israeli civilians and Palestinians threw rocks in a confrontation in the West Bank village of Susya, and the weapon of a soldier on leave was stolen but retrieved. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

Witnesses said Grier then retrieved a shotgun and pursued McDaniel, according to reporting from the Equal Justice Initiative website. — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

Morrison Encourages Students to Assault Classmate A detective went to the school in April 2025 with a warrant and retrieved a roughly 40-minute clip of footage recorded by a camera in the classroom. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026

Minutes later, as Jones put the children in the backseat and got into the driver’s seat, Osteen retrieved a firearm from her backpack and shot into the vehicle three times, according to the report. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Seventeen people were retrieved, including one man who was later declared dead and three people who were transported to a local hospital and later released, according to Crispen. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Officers retrieved the body, and the identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Crump said Wells’s family later used a phone-tracking app to locate the device on the mainland, where a friend retrieved it. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2026