RETURNS Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of return

as in restores

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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as in yields

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

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as in responds

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 reverts

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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returns

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noun

plural of return

as in responses

something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question I was moved by my grandfather's lengthy return to my casual question about his experiences in the Vietnam War

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as in proceeds

the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received the return on each unit sold has increased since we streamlined the production process

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Recent Examples of returns

Verb

Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise, Derry's resident killer clown, shapeshifter, and hallucination-manifesting cosmic monster. —

Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2026 In the case of a contest, this will ensure a new leader is in place before Parliament returns in September. —

Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026 The next match at AT&T Stadium will be on Thursday when Japan returns for its second match at Jerry’s World, this time against Sweden. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026 Another round of unsettled weather arrives Thursday, when a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms returns with a high near 89 degrees. —

The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2026 David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham play Supergirl’s dad and mom, Zor-El and Alura Zor-El, while David Corenswet returns as Superman. —

Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 Bob Odenkirk returns in Nobody 2as suburban father Hutch Mansell, once more forced to be a killer for hire to pay off his debts. —

K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026 They will be joined by Robyn Cara as Girl and Francesca Mills as Mouse while Magic Light regular Rob Brydon returns as Ghost. —

K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 June 2026 Kepner's younger brother returns briefly to the cabin. —

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026

Noun

Even more lore is on the way when House of the Dragon returns for season 3 on June 21 following season 2's bloody end. —

Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income. —

Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 22 June 2026 Our next rain chance returns on Thursday. —

Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 21 June 2026 The bureau’s most recent projections, released Tuesday, show that the emergency measures taken this spring will only be a stopgap, unless extremely wet weather returns. —

Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 21 June 2026 As everything settles, mental clarity returns. —

Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

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What the collection restores is the density and texture that caricature could strip away.

— Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2026
Moving through your available range of motion repeatedly — rather than holding a stretch — restores that blood flow and primes your joints for the activation exercises that follow.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

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Naturally, googling Messi and Roccuzzo yields some truly deranged headlines, such as one from the Daily Mail that suggests the couple’s 2023 trip to a Publix supermarket was (gasp) staged.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 June 2026
Turning those onions golden brown and translucent, which yields a sweet, rich flavor.

— Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 June 2026

Definition of yields

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January 20 – February 18 Aquarius, your network responds to steady words.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2026
Technically, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department polices its 388 acres, but the distant West Hollywood Station rarely responds to calls, if ever.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of responds

Verb

As light can selectively target the fluid, scientists were able to print microscopic conductive patterns that completely vanish once exposed to open air, which reverts the gel back into non-conductive liquid clusters.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
There are still times Stokes reverts back to his worst tendencies on the basketball court.

— Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of reverts

Noun

After soaring to tremendous heights and leading the market for years, AI stocks have been under pressure recently because of worries their profits can’t possibly keep pace with the tremendous rallies for their stock prices.

— Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Investors have bid up the share prices of these companies now in anticipation of big profits down the road.

— Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026