What are some opposite words for return?

Antonyms for return
rɪˈtɜrnre·turn

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. return

    Harvest, from the Anglo-Saxon, signified originally "autumn," and as that is the usual season of gathering ripened crops in Northern lands, the word came to its present meaning of the season of gathering ripened grain or fruits, whether summer or autumn, and hence a crop gathered or ready for gathering; also, the act or process of gathering a crop or crops. "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few," Luke x, 2. "Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white already to harvest," John iv, 35. Harvest is the elegant and literary word; crop is the common and commercial expression; we say a man sells his crop, but we should not speak of his selling his harvest; we speak of an ample or abundant harvest, a good crop. Harvest is applied almost wholly to grain; crop applies to almost anything that is gathered in; we speak of the potato-crop, not the potato-harvest; we may say either the wheat-crop or the wheat-harvest. Produce is a collective word for all that is produced in farming or gardening, and is, in modern usage, almost wholly restricted to this sense; we speak of produce collectively, but of a product or various products; vegetables, fruits, eggs, butter, etc., may be termed farm-produce, or the products of the farm. Product is a word of wider application than produce; we speak of the products of manufacturing, the products of thought, or the product obtained by multiplying one number by another. The word proceeds is chiefly used of the return from an investment: we speak of the produce of a farm, but of the proceeds of the money invested in farming. The yield is what the land gives up to the farmer's demand; we speak of the return from an expenditure of money or labor, but of the yield of corn or oats. Harvest has also a figurative use, such as crop more rarely permits; we term a religious revival a harvest of souls; the result of lax enforcement of law is a harvest of crime. As regards time, harvest, harvest-tide, and harvest-time alike denote the period or season when the crops are or should be gathered (tide being simply the old Saxon word for time). Harvest-home ordinarily denotes the festival of harvest, and when used to denote simply the season always gives a suggestion of festivity and rejoicing, such as harvest and harvest-time by themselves do not express.

    Synonyms:
    crop, fruit, growth, harvest, harvest-feast, harvest-festival, harvest-home, harvest-tide, harvest-time, harvesting, increase, ingathering, proceeds, produce, product, reaping, result, yield

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. return

    Antonyms:
    depart, remove, vanish, disappear, retain, appropriate, misappropriate, alienate, withhold

    Synonyms:
    recur, revert, reappear, come back, repay, requite, recompense, retaliate, render, restore, yield, produce, give back, repay

Princeton's WordNet1.3 / 4 votes

  1. tax return, income tax return, returnnoun

    document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

    "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  2. return, homecomingnoun

    a coming to or returning home

    "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  3. return, coming backnoun

    the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  4. restitution, return, restoration, regainingnoun

    getting something back again

    "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, takings, counter, income tax return, homecoming, riposte, regaining, indemnity, rejoinder, tax return, damages, redress, restitution, renovation, proceeds, paying back, replication, indemnification, retort, comeback, return key, take, coming back, yield, amends, getting even, refurbishment, payoff, issue, recurrence

  5. returnnoun

    the act of going back to a prior location

    "they set out on their return to the base camp"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  6. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoffnoun

    the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

    "the average return was about 5%"

    Synonyms:
    topic, progeny, subject, output, exit, issuing, counter, rejoinder, income tax return, wages, military issue, takings, reward, payoff, regaining, final payment, take, publication, egress, government issue, event, upshot, comeback, restitution, retort, offspring, riposte, tax return, outlet, reappearance, result, recurrence, return key, coming back, replication, number, outcome, yield, bribe, getting even, emergence, effect, way out, restoration, issue, production, paying back, proceeds, fruit, consequence, matter, homecoming, issuance

  7. recurrence, returnnoun

    happening again (especially at regular intervals)

    "the return of spring"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  8. rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counternoun

    a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

    "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

    Synonyms:
    sound reflection, counter, echo, rejoinder, income tax return, reproduction, takings, payoff, regaining, sideboard, take, tabulator, parry, buffet, comeback, retort, riposte, tax return, reverberation, reappearance, counterpunch, recurrence, return key, coming back, replication, yield, getting even, restoration, issue, replica, paying back, restitution, heel counter, proceeds, homecoming

  9. return key, returnnoun

    the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  10. return, paying back, getting evennoun

    a reciprocal group action

    "in return we gave them as good as we got"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  11. returnnoun

    a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

    "he won the point on a cross-court return"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  12. returnnoun

    (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  13. reappearance, returnverb

    the act of someone appearing again

    "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

    Synonyms:
    restoration, reappearance, income tax return, counter, homecoming, riposte, comeback, rejoinder, tax return, restitution, proceeds, paying back, replication, coming back, retort, return key, take, takings, yield, regaining, getting even, payoff, issue, recurrence

  14. returnverb

    go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

    "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, fall, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  15. render, returnverb

    give back

    "render money"

    Synonyms:
    supply, rejoin, bring back, hand over, try, retrovert, pass, show, depict, deliver, fork over, fork up, refund, hark back, give back, repay, take back, devolve, picture, turn back, come back, translate, retort, fall, riposte, give, turn in, revert, render, provide, recall, reelect, yield, regress, fork out, furnish, generate, interpret, submit

  16. revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn backverb

    go back to a previous state

    "We reverted to the old rules"

    Synonyms:
    reelect, bring back, drive off, retrovert, retrograde, reverse, deliver, hold back, recall, refund, hark back, give back, rejoin, invert, drive out, devolve, repay, turn back, come back, relapse, retort, fall, riposte, recidivate, fall back, give, drive away, take back, stop, pass, render, retrogress, lapse, arrest, yield, chase away, regress, dispel, contain, double back, generate, revert, backtrack, run off, check

  17. hark back, return, come back, recallverb

    go back to something earlier

    "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

    Synonyms:
    reelect, bring back, echo, retrovert, recollect, deliver, retrieve, call in, refund, hark back, give back, call up, rejoin, revert, devolve, repay, turn back, come back, retort, think, riposte, give, take back, pass, render, recall, yield, regress, call back, fall, generate, remember, withdraw

  18. return, take back, bring backverb

    bring back to the point of departure

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, bring around, deliver, swallow, withdraw, riposte, retrovert, regress, bring to, revert, bring round, unsay, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, fall, repossess, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  19. returnverb

    return in kind

    "return a compliment"; "return her love"

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, fall, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  20. returnverb

    make a return

    "return a kickback"

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, fall, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  21. retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoinverb

    answer back

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, bring back, pay back, riposte, deliver, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, reward, generate, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, requite, rejoin, give back, turn back

  22. come back, returnverb

    be restored

    "Her old vigor returned"

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  23. refund, return, repay, give backverb

    pay back

    "Please refund me my money"

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, reward, devolve, deliver, pay back, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, requite, rejoin, give back, turn back

  24. render, deliver, returnverb

    pass down

    "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"

    Synonyms:
    supply, rejoin, bring back, extradite, rescue, hand over, surrender, try, retrovert, pass, show, depict, save, fork over, fork up, present, drive home, refund, hark back, deport, give back, repay, give, redeem, picture, turn back, come back, translate, retort, have, devolve, riposte, give up, turn in, birth, take back, revert, render, pitch, provide, recall, deliver, reelect, yield, regress, fork out, furnish, fall, cede, generate, interpret, give birth, submit, bear

  25. reelect, returnverb

    elect again

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  26. fall, return, pass, devolveverb

    be inherited by

    "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

    Synonyms:
    hang, run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, riposte, top, diminish, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, pass off, recall, snuff it, excrete, reach, go, spend, communicate, slide by, accrue, hand, drop, cash in one's chips, legislate, happen, render, exit, authorise, exceed, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, pass on, egest, deliver, transcend, blow over, make it, authorize, pop off, fleet, regress, reelect, devolve, lessen, come back, light, flow, retrovert, give, fall out, hap, slip by, strike, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, fade, descend, give-up the ghost, repay, decrease, rejoin, take place, generate, lead, bring back, expire, overhaul, refund, go through, hark back, revert, retort, come about, degenerate, choke, turn over, turn back, overtake, come down, glide by, extend, fall down, precipitate, die, fall, pass, pass by, shine, clear, decease, conk, travel by, buy the farm, take back, go down, pass along, come, go across, go along, surpass, guide, settle, yield, kick the bucket, deteriorate, give back

  27. returnverb

    return to a previous position; in mathematics

    "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, fall, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

  28. render, yield, return, give, generateverb

    give or supply

    "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

    Synonyms:
    consecrate, knuckle under, give way, interpret, riposte, devote, chip in, cede, have, afford, collapse, hold, recall, buckle under, supply, try, turn over, ease up, sire, concede, founder, engender, open, hand, gift, render, move over, feed, pay, pass on, picture, soften, deliver, bring forth, grant, establish, regress, reelect, contribute, come back, yield, fork up, fork over, hand over, retrovert, give, mother, father, furnish, apply, present, show, make, beget, repay, impart, rejoin, get, devolve, generate, bring back, refund, reach, hark back, relent, retort, submit, depict, fork out, throw, fall in, succumb, dedicate, cave in, give in, bear, turn in, fall, pass, turn back, provide, take back, break, revert, translate, leave, commit, sacrifice, kick in, give back

  29. returnverb

    submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

    "submit a bill to a legislative body"

    Synonyms:
    recall, take back, devolve, deliver, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, fall, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, repay, render, rejoin, give back, turn back

How to use return in a sentence?

  1. Peace Pilgrim:

    Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

  2. Joe Saluzzi:

    There definitely will be an event. At least one, probably more, investors want a lower cost. In return for the lower costs they think they're getting there are also risks, and the risks usually involve technology. Lots of times they leave black eyes.

  3. Bill Weld:

    Ours is a nation built on courage, resilience, and independence. In these times of great political strife, when both major parties are entrenched in their' win at all cost' battles, the voices of the American people are being ignored and our nation is suffering, it is time for patriotic men and women across our great nation to stand and plant a flag. It is time to return to the principles of Lincoln -- equality, dignity, and opportunity for all. There is no greater cause on earth than to preserve what truly makes America great. I am ready to lead that fight.

  4. Daniel Zhang:

    Five years ago, we said, if conditions permit, we will for sure return.

  5. Richard Giragosian:

    It seems unlikely that anyone except the parties to the conflict themselves can climb down and step back from the brink, but a return to normalcy and a real de-escalation seems unlikely.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#357return
#1152appropriate
#1651remove
#6857retain
#10105depart
#12421disappear
#23641withhold
#27954vanish
#48126alienate
#229109misappropriate

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