Antonyms for recover
rɪˈkʌv ərre·cov·er

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1. recover

   The transitive use of recover in the sense of cure, heal, etc., as in 2 Kings v, 6, "That thou mayest recover him of his leprosy," is now practically obsolete. The chief transitive use of recover is in the sense to obtain again after losing, regain, repossess, etc.; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover health. The intransitive sense, be cured, be restored, etc., is very common; as, to recover from sickness, terror, or misfortune.

   Antonyms:
   die, fail, grow worse, relapse, sink

   Synonyms:
   be cured, be healed, be restored, cure, heal, reanimate, recruit, recuperate, regain, repossess, restore, resume, retrieve

   Preposition:
   From; rarely of; (Law) to recover judgment against, to recover damages of or from a person.

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1. recover

   Antonyms:
   lose, forfeit, miss, sacrifice, deteriorate, impair, decay, decline, relapse

   Synonyms:
   regain, repossess, resume, retrieve, recruit, heal, cure, revive, restore, reanimate, save

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1. recover, retrieve, find, regainverb

   get or find back; recover the use of

   "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, go back, find oneself, recoup, get, get hold, recollect, recuperate, find, reclaim, rule, notice, convalesce, call up, chance, determine, see, find out, come up, think, encounter, happen, retrieve, feel, incur, observe, recall, witness, call back, ascertain, bump, remember, regain, obtain, discover, receive

2. recuperate, recover, convalesceverb

   get over an illness or shock

   "The patient is recuperating"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, go back, recuperate, recoup, regain, convalesce, find

3. recover, go back, recuperateverb

   regain a former condition after a financial loss

   "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, date back, find, recuperate, recoup, go back, recur, regain, convalesce, date from

4. recover, recoup, recuperateverb

   regain or make up for

   "recuperate one's losses"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, reimburse, find, recuperate, withhold, recoup, go back, deduct, regain, convalesce

5. reclaim, recoververb

   reuse (materials from waste products)

   Synonyms:
   recuperate, regenerate, tame, domesticize, retrieve, convalesce, go back, rectify, domesticise, domesticate, reform, regain, repossess, find, recoup, reclaim

6. recoververb

   cover anew

   "recover a chair"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, find, recuperate, recoup, go back, regain, convalesce

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1. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   regain, reclaim, retrieve, repair, recoup, recruit, rally, repossess, recuperate

How to use recover in a sentence?

1. Laura Edelson:

   We have trained users that they can access their messages anywhere, from any computer, just by logging in, and that if they need to there is some third party who can recover them, but what inherently comes with that if there is some third party who can recover your messages for you, they can recover your messages for anyone else.

2. Richard Richter Greg Ponciano:

   We need more than one season of rain to recover. One season wo n’t get us out of this, i have n’t experienced a drought like this ever.

3. Dave Koontz:

   It's always very saddening to our rescue team when an animal doesn't make it and often the situation is that the animal is past the point of being able to recover.

4. Robert Evans:

   Seeing the familiar faces and working together for one cause, which is our customers, you know, it's been a great blessing and helped me recover.

5. Alexandra Chen:

   For people who have slowly begun to recover and regain a sense of normalcy and rebuilt their lives over the last decade, this has been terrifying and destabilizing for both children and adults, some are still in denial while others are experiencing hallucinations.

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