Synonyms of returning

returning

verb

present participle of return

1

as in restoring

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

• restoring
• replacing
• reconveying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking
• removing

2

as in yielding

to produce as revenue

this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yielding
• paying
• giving
• providing
• supplying
• bearing
• furnishing
• affording
• bringing in
• netting
• paying off

3

as in responding

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

• responding
• replying
• answering
• rejoining
• reacting
• retorting
• coming back
• commenting
• riposting
• corresponding
• acknowledging
• explaining
• communicating
• remarking
• countering
• defending
• denying
• fielding
• refuting
• rebutting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asking
• inquiring
• questioning
• examining
• pumping
• interrogating
• challenging
• grilling
• surveying
• querying
• quizzing
• polling
• cross-examining

4

as in reverting

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

• reverting
• regressing
• declining
• retrogressing
• lapsing
• relapsing
• falling
• throwing back
• backsliding
• ebbing
• worsening
• dropping
• degenerating
• retrograding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• developing
• advancing
• evolving
• growing
• progressing
• maturing
• ripening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of returning

The video’s nod also anchors the returning Best Dance category, which was given out regularly for decades starting in 1989, but hasn’t been awarded since 2019. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Doncic and returning guard Austin Reaves are the glue that holds the puzzle together. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

The returning group, which also includes Jacob Ross, is still feeling the sting of losing to Michigan in the national championship game more than five months ago. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Those returning on Monday or Tuesday after Thanksgiving can save as much as $250 on an average domestic round-trip ticket with fares being around $350. — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Living a life in limbo For years, the US offered protection to people who convinced immigration judges that returning home could mean persecution, torture, or death. — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Varga performed vocals with the band during its 1986-1996 breakthrough, returning for stints from 2000-2002 and 2014-2017 and 2022. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026

Dwyer produced 730 yards and seven touchdowns in his first FBS season and entered 2026 as one of the top returning wideouts in the Big 12. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026

A lot was made of the former coach returning this weekend to the place that truly made him. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026