REVERT Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

revert

verb

ri-ˈvərt

as in to return

to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling

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Recent Examples of revert The state is reverting some districts to older lines that are more favorable to Republicans. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 May 2026 Any money remaining in the fund will revert back to the federal government, the department said. —

Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 18 May 2026 The ruling effectively overturned the city’s ordinance, reverting the election to November 2025. —

Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 The campaign seeks to strike down the map at the ballot box, which would revert the state’s congressional districts back to the map lawmakers approved in 2022. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for revert

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return

Verb

The rulings do not clear the former paramedics of wrongdoing but return the cases to the lower court for a possible retrial.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 June 2026
That includes several breakout freshman series that will return for second seasons, Apple TV’s Emmy-winning The Studio, Netflix’s The Hunting Wives, USA Network’s The Rainmaker and MGM+’s Robin Hood.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 June 2026