Synonyms of returns

returns 1 of 2

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

2 of 2

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
• persiflages
• non sequiturs
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of returns

Verb

Sunshine returns Friday, with seasonable highs in the upper 60s and partly cloudy skies overnight. —Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026

Absalom returns for more, but also with a plan for revenge. —Literary Hub, 4 May 2026

The couple will share screen time on BBQ Brawl, which returns this month. —Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026

The Summer with the Symphony chamber music series returns with seven candlelit concerts from May 14 to July 24 in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Gables and Key West. —Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026

Roki Sasaki made a strong case for staying in the rotation once Blake Snell returns from injury, pitching into the sixth inning despite early struggles. —Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026

By Wednesday, the sun returns, with a high of 86 and no rain chance through Thursday. —Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026

But Minnesota returns home for Game 3 on Friday, with Game 4 taking place two days after that. —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026

At least until Stanton returns. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026

Noun

The Obamas no longer need to make their tax returns public. —Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

The share of EVs accounting for lease returns is expected to jump to 8% in 2026, up from 2% in 2025, according to Edmunds data. —Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 3 May 2026

On Monday, temperatures climb a few degrees and cloud cover returns, winds will come from the south, gusting up to 30 mph at times. —Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 3 May 2026

The greatest returns now go to those who bought the assets decades ago. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026

Eventually the drums drop out, as if entirely exhausted, and the orchestra returns. —Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026

The early returns are positive. —Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026

The other three counties — Montgomery, Harris and Galveston — are still reporting returns. —Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 2 May 2026

The sale-leaseback is one way that private equity investors generate returns from hospital investments, but the deals leave the hospitals on the hook for paying rent. —Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026