Return

//ɹɪˈtɜːn//

Synonyms for "return" (505 found)

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Closest matches (101)

come back reappearance recurrence refund rejoinder render restoration retort revert about face about-face acknowledge acknowledgment action and reaction advent advert afford alternate alternation amends

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Verb(4 words)

give back render bring back come back

Noun(3 words)

comeback coming back counter

Strong matches (152)

degenerate deliver disenchantment display dividend dividends dm display doppler signal double double back double-dot display doubling duplication earn earnings echo echo back echo signal evasive reply exchange

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extradite extradition fall fall astern fall behind falling back field filthy lucre flash back flip flop flip-flop fluctuate gain gaincoming gains get get back at get behind get even with gettings give give acknowledgment give and take give answer give back give-and-take giving back gleaning gleanings go back go backwards go behind go home gratification gross gross profit guerdon hark back hoard homecoming honorarium if signal im display imitation income indemnification indemnity interchange interest intermit intermittence intermittency jerk jerk back keep coming kickback kidnap killing lapse lapse back local oscillator signal logroll lose ground lucre make makings meed meter neat profit net net profit offer oscillate oscillation output signal paper profits pay pay back pay off payment pelf pendulum motion percentage periodicalness periodicity perk perks permute perquisite pickings picture pip pips piston motion place in plagiarism plus predictable response price proceeds proffer profit profits pull back pulsate pulsation pulse put back quittance quotation radar signal rake off rake-off rally react reaction

Verb(8 words)

deliver devolve fall generate give hark back pass re-elect

Noun(8 words)

gaincoming getting even homecoming income tax return issue paying back payoff proceeds

Related words (252)

reactivate reading ready reply realize reappear rebirth rebound recede receipt receipts recession recidivate recidivation recidivism reciprocate reciprocation reciprocity reclamation recoil recommit

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recommitment recompense reconstitute reconversion reconvert recoupment recover recovery recrudescence recruit recuperation recur recursion reddition redoubling redress reduplication reecho reelect reenact reentrance reentry reestablish refill reflect reflection reflex reflex action refluence reflux reform refundment regain regress regression regular wave motion regurgitation rehabilitate rehabilitation reimbursement reincarnation reinstall reinstate reinstatement reinstitute reintegrate reinvest rejoin relapse remand remandment remigration remit remitter remuneration renaissance rendition renew renewal reoccur reoccurrence reparation repartee repatriate repatriation repayment repeat repercuss repetition replace replacement replacing replenish replication reply report repost reproduction requital requite requitement rescript rescription resound respond respondence response responsion responsory restitution restore restoring results resume resumption resurface resurgence resurrect retaliate retaliation retribution retrieve retroaction retrocede retrocession retroflex retroflexion retrogradation retrograde retrogress retrogression retroversion retrovert retrusion return answer return for answer return key return signal return the compliment returning returns revenue reverberate reverberation reversal reverse reversion reverting revest revival revolve revulsion reward rf echoes rhythm riposte rise roll roll around rollback rotate round round trip rumble salvage satisfaction say say in reply seasonality sell send back sending back setback shoot back short answer signal signal display slip back slipping back smart money snappy comeback solatium sound spot sternway store swap switch take take back take-in takings talk back target image tax return throwback trace trade transmitter signal transpose turn turn back turn in turnabout undulate undulation unthinking response vengeance video signal wealth wergild wheel wheel around winnings witty reply witty retort yes-and-no answer yield

Noun(15 words)

reappearance recurrence regaining rejoinder replication restitution restoration retort return key returnal riposte take takings tax return yield

Verb(18 words)

recall reelect refund regress reinstate rejoin repay restore retort retrovert revend revert revest riposte surrender take back turn back yield

Adjective(1 words)

utility

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

59 entries

acquisition answer appearance arrival bring carry change by reversal change hands change owners communicate convey create denote elect give go

Showing 16 of 59 words.

Antonyms

8 entries

backspace give go go away going going away keep leave

Synonyms

16 entries

come back fall gaincoming hark back reappearance recurrence reelect refund rejoinder render restoration retort return key revert round trip tax return

Related terms

3 entries

compensate indemnify reimburse

derived

123 entries

Earth return vehicle Return to Zero Saturn return abnormal return absolute return active return amended return annual return antireturn auto-return ball return book return bridge of no return by return by return mail by return of post

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derived from

1 entries

turn

distinct from

2 entries

checkout go

etymologically related_to

1 entries

beturn

has context

10 entries

american football architecture card games computing cricket finance football taxation tennis uk

is a

8 entries

arrival group action income monetary value motion run tennis stroke turning

manner of

5 entries

bring reciprocate submit transport travel

part of

1 entries

tennis

related to

91 entries

above above enter action again answer argument back ball bring bring back bringing bringing back button call card carriage return

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similar

5 entries

accrue establish fall give yield

Translations

554 translations across 115 languages.

Aklanon

1 entries

uli' verb (to come or go back)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀποδίδωμι verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
ἐπανέρχομαι verb (to come or go back)

Arabic

4 entries

رجوع noun (act of returning)
عَوْدَة noun (act of returning)
أَرْجَعَ verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
أَعَادَ verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Armenian

3 entries

վերադառնալ verb (to come or go back)
վերադառնալ verb (to go back in thought, narration, or argument)
վերադարձնել verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Aromanian

1 entries

tornu (roa-rup) verb (to come or go back)

Assamese

1 entries

উভত verb (to come or go back)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

dönüş noun (act of returning)
geri dönmə noun (act of returning)
qayıdış noun (act of returning)
geri dönmək verb (to come or go back)

Bangi

1 entries

butwa verb (to come or go back)

Bashkir

4 entries

кире барыу verb (to come or go back)
кире килеү verb (to come or go back)
кире китеү verb (to come or go back)
кире ҡуйыу verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Belarusian

4 entries

варо́чацца verb (to come or go back)
вярну́цца verb (to come or go back)
вярну́ць verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
вярта́цца verb (to come or go back)

Bengali

2 entries

দেয়া verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
ফেরা verb (to come or go back)

Breton

1 entries

distro noun (act of returning)

Bulgarian

4 entries

връщане noun (act of returning)
връщане noun (act of returning an item)
връщане noun (item that is returned)
връщане noun (computing: act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure)

Burmese

1 entries

ပြန် verb (to come or go back)

Catalan

4 entries

retorn noun (act of returning)
tornada noun (act of returning)
restar verb (tennis: to bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve)
tornar verb (to come or go back)

Cebuano

1 entries

uli verb (to come or go back)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

گەڕانەوە noun (act of returning)
گەڕاندنەوە verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
گەڕانەوە verb (to come or go back)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎢᎦᎷᎦ verb (to come or go back)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

畀返 verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
返去 verb (to come or go back)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

歸還 /归还 noun (act of returning)
回來 /回来 verb (to come or go back)
回去 verb (to come or go back)
歸 /归 verb (to come or go back)

Cornish

1 entries

dehweles verb (to come or go back)

Czech

4 entries

návrat noun (act of returning)
návratnost noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
vracet se verb (to come or go back)
vrátit verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Dalmatian

1 entries

tornuar verb (to come or go back)

Danish

4 entries

afkast noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
resultat noun (formal report, set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information)
retur noun (act of returning)
retur noun (item that is returned)

Dutch

4 entries

retourneren verb (tennis: to bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve)
retourneren verb (card games: to play a card as a result of another player's lead)
retourneren verb (computing: to pass back (data) to the calling procedure)
teruggaan verb (to go back in thought, narration, or argument)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

转 verb (to come or go back)

Esperanto

4 entries

reiro noun (act of returning)
reveno noun (act of returning)
redoni verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
reveni verb (to come or go back)

Estonian

1 entries

naasma verb (to come or go back)

Evenki

1 entries

мучу verb (to come or go back)

Finnish

4 entries

asiakaspalautus noun (item that is returned)
palaaminen noun (act of returning)
palautus noun (item that is returned)
palautus noun (computing: act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure)

French

4 entries

rendement noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
rendement noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
retour noun (act of returning)
rebrousser chemin verb (to turn back, retreat)

Friulian

3 entries

rindi verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
tornâ verb (to come or go back)
tornâ verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Galician

4 entries

retorno noun (act of returning)
vida noun (act of returning)
volta noun (act of returning)
volver verb (to come or go back)

Georgian

1 entries

დაბრუნება verb (to come or go back)

German

4 entries

Bericht noun (formal report, set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information)
Rückgabe noun (act of returning an item)
Rückkehr noun (act of returning)
Wahlbericht noun (formal report, set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information)

Greek

4 entries

επαναφορά noun (computing: carriage return character)
επιστροφή noun (act of returning)
γυρίζω verb (to come or go back)
επιστρέφω verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

tounen verb (to come or go back)

Hawaiian

2 entries

hoʻi verb (to come or go back)
hoʻihoʻi verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Hebrew

4 entries

החזרה noun (act of returning)
תְּשׁוּאָה noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
הֵשִׁיב verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
הֶחֱזִיר verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Hindi

2 entries

लौटना verb (to come or go back)
वापस देना verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Hungarian

4 entries

adóbevallás noun (finance: tax return)
beszámoló noun (formal report, set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information)
bevallás noun (finance: tax return)
haszon noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)

Icelandic

2 entries

skila verb (to come or go back)
skila verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Ido

1 entries

retroirar verb (to come or go back)

Indonesian

4 entries

retur noun (act of returning an item)
balik verb (to come or go back)
membalik verb (to come or go back)
pulang verb (to come or go back)

Ingrian

2 entries

männä takas verb (to come or go back)
tulla takas verb (to come or go back)

Interlingua

1 entries

retornar verb (to come or go back)

Irish

1 entries

fill verb (to come or go back)

Istriot

1 entries

turnà verb (to come or go back)

Italian

4 entries

reso noun (item that is returned)
ritorno noun (act of returning)
rendere verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
restituire verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Japanese

4 entries

利益 noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
帰還 noun (act of returning)
復帰 noun (act of returning)
復帰 noun (computing: carriage return character)

Javanese

3 entries

bali verb (to come or go back)
mulih verb (to come or go back)
walik verb (to come or go back)

Kapampangan

1 entries

ablas verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Kazakh

1 entries

қайту verb (to come or go back)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

yò verb (to come or go back)

Korean

2 entries

돌아가다 verb (to come or go back)
돌아오다 verb (to come or go back)

Ladino

1 entries

tornar (atrás) verb (to come or go back)

Lao

2 entries

ກັບຄືນ verb (to come or go back)
ເມືອ verb (to come or go back)

Latin

4 entries

fructus noun (act of returning)
reditus noun (act of returning)
reditus noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
regressus noun (act of returning)

Latvian

2 entries

atnākt atpakaļ verb (to come or go back)
nākt atpakaļ verb (to come or go back)

Lingala

1 entries

butwa verb (to come or go back)

Lithuanian

2 entries

grįžti verb (to come or go back)
sugrįžti verb (to come or go back)

Lombard

1 entries

tornà verb (to come or go back)

Lü

1 entries

ᦗᦸᧅ verb (to come or go back)

Malay

3 entries

kembali verb (to come or go back)
memulangkan verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
pulang verb (to come or go back)

Manx

1 entries

tar er-ash verb (to come or go back)

Mazanderani

2 entries

درسّن verb (to come or go back)
دگردسّن verb (to come or go back)

Māori

4 entries

hokianga noun (act of returning)
hokinga noun (act of returning)
waihapenga noun (act of returning)
hoki verb (to come or go back)

Nahuatl

1 entries

iloti verb (to come or go back)

Nanai

1 entries

мочого verb (to come or go back)

Neapolitan

1 entries

turnà verb (to come or go back)

Norman

1 entries

r'vénîn verb (to come or go back)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

vegerîn verb (to come or go back)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

avkastning noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
resultat noun (formal report, set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information)
retur noun (act of returning)
retur noun (item that is returned)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

avkastning noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
retur noun (act of returning)

Occitan

1 entries

tornar verb (to come or go back)

Odia

1 entries

ଦେଇ ଆସିବା verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Old English

3 entries

edċierr noun (act of returning)
āġiefan verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
ġeċierran eft verb (to come or go back)

Old Javanese

3 entries

pulih verb (to come or go back)
wali verb (to come or go back)
walik verb (to come or go back)

Old Norse

1 entries

ganga aptr verb (to come or go back)

Oromo

1 entries

deebisuu verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اعاده noun (act of returning an item)
اعاده noun (item that is returned)
دونمك verb (to come or go back)
دونمك verb (to go back in thought, narration, or argument)

Persian

4 entries

بازگشت noun (act of returning)
برگشت noun (act of returning)
برگشتی noun (item that is returned)
بازگرداندن verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Polish

4 entries

powrót noun (act of returning)
zwrot noun (item that is returned)
cofać verb (to go back in thought, narration, or argument)
cofać się verb (to turn back, retreat)

Portuguese

4 entries

declaração noun (finance: tax return)
regresso noun (act of returning)
retorno noun (act of returning)
volta noun (act of returning)

Quechua

3 entries

chayanpuy verb (to come or go back)
kutichiy verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
kutiy verb (to come or go back)

Romanian

4 entries

revenire noun (act of returning)
reîntoarcere noun (act of returning)
înapoiere noun (act of returning)
restitui verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Romansch

3 entries

tuornar verb (to come or go back)
turnar verb (to come or go back)
turner verb (to come or go back)

Russian

4 entries

возвра́т noun (act of returning)
возвра́т noun (item that is returned)
возвра́т noun (finance: tax return)
возвра́т noun (computing: carriage return character)

Sardinian

3 entries

torrare verb (to come or go back)
torràe verb (to come or go back)
torrài verb (to come or go back)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

dìoladh noun (act of returning)

Shan

1 entries

မိူဝ်း verb (to come or go back)

Shor

1 entries

нанарға verb (to come or go back)

Sicilian

1 entries

turnari verb (to come or go back)

Slovak

4 entries

navrátiť verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
navrátiť sa verb (to come or go back)
vracať verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
vracať sa verb (to come or go back)

Slovene

3 entries

povratek noun (act of returning)
vrnitev noun (act of returning)
vrniti verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Somali

1 entries

noqosho verb (to come or go back)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кайдар verb (to come or go back)

Spanish

4 entries

devolución noun (act of returning an item)
regreso noun (act of returning)
retorno noun (act of returning)
retrovendición noun (act of returning an item)

Swahili

2 entries

ritani noun (finance: tax return)
kurudi verb (to come or go back)

Swedish

4 entries

avkastning noun (finance: gain or loss from an investment)
deklaration noun (finance: tax return)
retur noun (act of returning)
retur noun (item that is returned)

Tagalog

4 entries

pagbabalik noun (act of returning)
pagbalik noun (act of returning)
bumalik verb (to come or go back)
bumalik verb (to go back in thought, narration, or argument)

Taos

1 entries

mùoliʼíne noun (act of returning)

Tausug

1 entries

uwi verb (to come or go back)

Thai

2 entries

กลับ verb (to come or go back)
กลับมา verb (to come or go back)

Turkish

4 entries

döndürmek verb (to turn (something) round)
geri dönmek verb (to come or go back)
geri dönmek verb (to go back in thought, narration, or argument)
geri çekilmek verb (to turn back, retreat)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎘𐎁 verb (to come or go back)

Ukrainian

4 entries

пове́рнення noun (act of returning)
пове́рнення noun (act of returning an item)
верну́ти verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
верну́тися verb (to come or go back)

Urdu

1 entries

لوٹا verb (to come or go back)

Venetan

1 entries

tornar verb (to come or go back)

Vietnamese

4 entries

trả verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
trả lại verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
trở lại verb (to come or go back)
trở về verb (to come or go back)

Walloon

2 entries

ridner verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
rinde verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

Welsh

3 entries

adfer verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)
dychwelyd verb (to come or go back)
edfryd verb (to give something back to its original holder or owner)

West-Frisian

1 entries

weromkear noun (act of returning)

Zazaki

4 entries

a gêrnaen verb (to come or go back)
peyd waşten verb (to give in requital or recompense; to requite)
peye dayen verb (to give in requital or recompense; to requite)
peyser anciyen verb (to turn back, retreat)

Zyphe

1 entries

dih verb (to come or go back)

Sample sentences

49 total sentences available.

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All you have to do is to wait for me to return.

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You should return home before it gets dark.

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You must return the book to him.

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You can always ask a question in return.

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