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

Most of the eight returning players were prospects, but former top prospect Marcelo Mayer figures to help San Francisco in the not-so-distant future. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

In April 2006 the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the federal government had waited too long to try to transfer the lawsuit to federal court, returning the matter to Michigan state jurisdiction. — Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Snow joins a roll call that includes returning star Sydney Sweeney as well as new stars Kirsten Dunst and Paul Anthony Kelly (Love Story). — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

That could lead to him fitting nicely with Zibanejad, who drove play more than any returning Rangers forward. — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Peterson is a returning sophomore that played on special teams last year. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Other returning cast members are Reece Ritchie as Spencer Lane and Richard Fleeshman as James Brice. — Matt Minton, Variety, 21 July 2026

Allow the pot to drain completely before returning it to its container. — Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026

Juan’s mother had lived without insurance before Obamacare, and Juan saw those days returning. — Jack Herrera, New Yorker, 14 July 2026