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 returning season will see new faces, and the return of the couple’s mothers, Penny Baines and Sarah Wigley, plus Sophie’s sister Georgia Habboo, and Jamie’s best-friend, Oliver Proudlock. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Diemer and Jafargholi join recently announced cast members Justice Smith, Charlie Gillespie, Emily Hampshire, Edvin Ryding, Robert Naylor, Sabrina Jalees and Priyanka as well as returning stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

For a player like Wright, returning not only means payment but also another season of play and development of skills. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026

The passengers included 35 Syracuse University students returning home from a semester abroad. — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Among those aboard were 35 Syracuse University students returning home from a semester abroad. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

However, the discovery demonstrates the river’s increasing ability to support new and returning native species. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Smith and his teammate, Sayin, are the top two returning vote-getters. — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before returning the verdict. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026