Synonyms of returned

returned

verb

past tense of return

1

as in restored

to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place

when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restored
• replaced
• reconveyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• took
• removed

2

as in yielded

to produce as revenue

this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yielded
• provided
• gave
• paid
• bore
• supplied
• afforded
• furnished
• brought in
• netted
• paid off

3

as in responded

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction

when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready

Synonyms & Similar Words

• responded
• replied
• answered
• rejoined
• reacted
• retorted
• came back
• commented
• acknowledged
• explained
• riposted
• remarked
• countered
• corresponded
• communicated
• denied
• defended
• rebutted
• refuted
• fielded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asked
• inquired
• questioned
• examined
• challenged
• pumped
• interrogated
• surveyed
• grilled
• queried
• quizzed
• polled
• cross-examined

4

as in reverted

to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level

vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reverted
• regressed
• declined
• lapsed
• fell
• retrogressed
• relapsed
• threw back
• ebbed
• dropped
• worsened
• degenerated
• backslid
• retrograded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• developed
• evolved
• progressed
• advanced
• grew
• matured
• ripened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of returned

Now that Jones has returned from a knee injury, Reese can spend more time at her natural power forward position. — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Expanding cities drew food from increasingly distant farms but returned few nutrients to the countryside. — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

The project immediately pushed him ahead in the all-time race, but his lead lasted only until Future returned. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

My skin took on the sheen of someone who had just returned from a brisk run. — Jenna Belhumeur, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

Coach Collin Klein has returned after a two-year stint as Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator, and one of his main priorities will be getting Johnson to play up to his potential. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Jill Collen Jefferson, the attorney working with Juliana’s family with an independent autopsy, said that some items of clothing were returned. — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026

But things got tricky after her adoptive father returned home from working in Saudi Arabia and could only find a low-paying job as a security guard. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026

And now that the depression has returned, we’ve been asked to start up these morning check-ins once again. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026