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return

The word “return” has 2 syllables: re-turn

It's pronounced as /rɪˈtɝn/

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In the thesaurus, “return” has 221 synonyms and 66 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for return along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for return

Antonyms for return

Meanings of return

  • noun
    1. The act of returning.
    2. A return ticket.
    3. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
    4. An answer.
    5. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
    6. Gain or loss from an investment.
    7. : A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.
    8. A carriage return character.
    9. The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
    10. A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
    11. A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from central plant).
    12. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
    13. Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
    14. A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
    15. The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
  • verb
    1. To come or go back (to a place or person).
    2. To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
    3. To turn back, retreat.
    4. To turn (something) round.
    5. To place or put back something where it had been.
    6. To give something back to its original holder or owner.
    7. To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
    8. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
    9. To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
    10. To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
    11. To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
    12. To say in reply; to respond.
    13. To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
    14. To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
    15. To retort; to throw back.
    16. To report, or bring back and make known.
    17. (by extension) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.

Example Sentences

  • He decided to return the book to the library.
  • The company expects a high return on its investment.
  • She made a quick return to her hometown.
  • Please return the call as soon as possible.
  • They hope to return next year for another visit.

On this page you'll find 287 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to return, such as: account, accrual, accruement, acknowledge, acknowledgment, advance, advantage.

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