RETURNED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

returned

verb

past tense of return

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

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took
removed

as in yielded

to produce as revenue this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of returned The indictment, which was returned by a grand jury in Bridgeport on March 18, charges Richardson and Rivera with interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act robbery), which carries a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 Garth and Doherty both also returned for BH90210, which aired in 2019. —

Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026 Chicago’s lovebird has returned. —

Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Panther, 65, made his wrestling debut in 1978, left Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1992 and then returned in 1997. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 An email and call to Davis' attorney, Gabe Banks, were not immediately returned. —

ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026 Some hurts Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen never returned because of a lower-body injury after being knocked hard into the boards by Hartman late in the first period. —

CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 Messages seeking comment sent Friday to the office of the Duke of Sussex were not immediately returned. —

Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Almost the entire cast returned, with the notable exception of Erik Per Sullivan, who declined to return as sibling Dewey (lookalike Caleb Ellsworth-Clark takes the role). —

Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026

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Ground zero Last year, Glenn Roquemore, who chairs the education committee of the Flying Leathernecks Heritage Foundation, was searching for eager students to build the iconic Jenny plane, based off of one that had been crashed and never restored.

— Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
Service was later restored on the Red Line as far north as the Thorndale stop in Edgewater, but not beyond.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026