Synonyms of revert

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• return
• regress
• decline
• retrogress
• lapse
• relapse
• fall
• backslide
• degenerate
• drop
• worsen
• throw back
• ebb
• retrograde

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• develop
• evolve
• advance
• grow
• progress
• mature
• ripen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of revert

Unlike farmland converted to housing, solar installations could more easily revert back to farming at the end of a project’s 30-year lifespan. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Amid the energy crisis in the early 1970s, daylight saving time was shifted earlier, to January and February, before later reverting back to the last Sunday in April, per the Council of State Governments. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Aside from those outlier seasons, escrow money mostly reverted back to owner, and the COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to send the withholding percentages skyward. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026

While there are now sterile varieties, these reportedly can revert and produce fruit. — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026