Synonyms of returns

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verb

present tense third-person singular of return

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restores
• replaces
• reconveys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes
• removes

2

as in yields

to produce as revenue

this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yields
• pays
• gives
• provides
• bears
• supplies
• affords
• furnishes
• brings in
• nets
• pays off

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• responds
• replies
• answers
• reacts
• rejoins
• retorts
• comes back
• acknowledges
• explains
• corresponds
• ripostes
• comments
• counters
• remarks
• communicates
• defends
• fields
• denies
• refutes
• rebuts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asks
• inquires
• examines
• questions
• pumps
• interrogates
• challenges
• quizzes
• surveys
• queries
• polls
• grills
• cross-examines

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reverts
• regresses
• declines
• retrogresses
• lapses
• falls
• throws back
• relapses
• backslides
• ebbs
• degenerates
• drops
• worsens
• retrogrades

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advances
• develops
• progresses
• grows
• evolves
• matures
• ripens

returns

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noun

plural of return

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• responses
• answers
• replies
• reactions
• retorts
• comebacks
• rejoinders
• remarks
• observations
• communications
• comments
• back talks
• feedback
• replications
• banters
• acknowledgements
• non sequiturs
• persiflages
• explanations
• justifications
• repartees
• acknowledgments
• rebuttals
• correspondences
• defenses
• refutations
• pleas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questions
• inquiries
• queries
• charges
• challenges
• surveys
• interrogations
• interrogatories
• polls
• questionnaires
• quizzes
• cross-examinations

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proceeds
• earnings
• profits
• gains
• incomes
• payoffs
• salaries
• revenues
• yields
• sales
• wages
• nets
• payments
• windfalls
• pays
• cleanups
• lucre
• bottom lines
• killings
• compensations
• emoluments
• interests
• remittals
• grosses
• requitals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• costs
• expenses
• losses
• expenditures
• charges
• outlays
• disbursements
• outgoes