The player made a splendid comeback.
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Comeback
//ˈkʌmbæk//
Synonyms for "comeback" (99 found)
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55 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- връщане noun (return to fame etc.)
- възражение noun (retort or answer)
- отговор noun (retort or answer)
Catalan
1 entries- remuntada noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 東山再起 /东山再起 noun (return to fame etc.)
- 機智回應 /机智回应 noun (retort or answer)
- 逆轉勝 /逆转胜 noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
Danish
2 entries- comeback noun (return to fame etc.)
- tilbagekomst noun (return to fame etc.)
Faroese
1 entries- afturkoma noun (return to fame etc.)
Finnish
4 entries- comeback noun (return to fame etc.)
- nousu noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
- paluu noun (return to fame etc.)
- vastaveto noun (retort or answer)
French
3 entries- comeback noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
- remontée noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
- repartie noun (retort or answer)
German
3 entries- Comeback noun (return to fame etc.)
- Retourkutsche noun (retort or answer)
- Rückkehr noun (return to fame etc.)
Greek
1 entries- ανατροπή noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
Hungarian
2 entries- riposzt noun (retort or answer)
- visszavágás noun (retort or answer)
Icelandic
2 entries- afturkoma noun (return to fame etc.)
- endurkoma noun (return to fame etc.)
Japanese
2 entries- カムバック noun (return to fame etc.)
- 復活 noun (return to fame etc.)
Korean
2 entries- 재기 noun (return to fame etc.)
- 컴백 noun (return to fame etc.)
Māori
1 entries- kupu paremata noun (retort or answer)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- comeback noun (return to fame etc.)
- comeback noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
- gjenkomst noun (return to fame etc.)
- snuoperasjon noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- comeback noun (return to fame etc.)
- gjenkomst noun (return to fame etc.)
Persian
1 entries- کامبک noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
Polish
2 entries- comeback noun (return to fame etc.)
- riposta noun (retort or answer)
Portuguese
1 entries- virada noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
Russian
3 entries- возвраще́ние noun (return to fame etc.)
- камбэ́к noun (return to fame etc.)
- камбэк noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
Spanish
4 entries- contrarréplica noun (retort or answer)
- despachurramiento noun (retort or answer)
- despachurro noun (retort or answer)
- espachurramiento noun (retort or answer)
Swedish
2 entries- comeback noun (return to fame etc.)
- återkomst noun (return to fame etc.)
Ukrainian
3 entries- камбе́к noun (return to fame etc.)
- камбе́к noun (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
- пове́рнення noun (return to fame etc.)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Whatever I say, he has a comeback ready. You can't get a word in edgewise.
Source: tatoeba (72078)
She's quick on her feet, so no matter what you say to her, she'll have a witty comeback.
Source: tatoeba (280140)
He has made a fine comeback on the stage.
Source: tatoeba (303379)
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