Synonyms of reverting

reverting

verb

present participle of revert

as in returning

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

• returning
• regressing
• declining
• retrogressing
• lapsing
• relapsing
• falling
• backsliding
• degenerating
• dropping
• worsening
• throwing back
• ebbing
• retrograding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• developing
• evolving
• advancing
• growing
• progressing
• maturing
• ripening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reverting

The company’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid said the halo wheels move driver functionality forward, rather than reverting back to buttons. — Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 17 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

Losing 4-1 was a result Norway were happy to take, reverting back to their first-choice XI for knockout-phase wins over Ivory Coast and Brazil. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Such plans would include reverting individual sailings or bringing the whole service back to the Cape of Good Hope route used since the start of the Red Sea crisis in late 2023. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026

At least Mercedes is reverting back to screwing things together rather than gluing things in a back-to-basics manufacturing push. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 11 June 2026

The state is reverting some districts to older lines that are more favorable to Republicans. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 May 2026

The ruling effectively overturned the city’s ordinance, reverting the election to November 2025. — Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

Finally, for unknown reasons, hydrangeas of any color may suddenly bloom in green for a year or two before reverting back to their original color. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026