Synonyms for revert
rɪˈvɜrtre·vert

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1. revert

   Synonyms:
   return, refer, accrue, reaccrue, recur

   Antonyms:
   depart, escheat, ignore, drop, dismiss, discard

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1. 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, return, 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, backtrack, run off, check

2. revertverb

   undergo reversion, as in a mutation

   Synonyms:
   regress, turn back, return, retrovert

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1. • Mutate

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1. revertverb

   Synonyms:
   return, recur, come back, turn back

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1. List of paraphrases for "revert":

   reverse, return, reversal, rollback, back

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1. Jake Sullivan:

   One of the dynamics of when they talk now is they both revert back to previous things each of them have said.

2. Dave Walker:

   I used to anchor at CNN, and now I just yell at CNN, i think originally,it was pretty much 99 percent news content… as cable news evolved and more competition came into the fray,you had more opinion, particularly in the evening hours.And I would say that’s the major difference now. But maybe with the new ownership that may revert to more just basic news coverage.

3. Michelle Anthony:

   The more meanness they see being successful or rewarded in the home or in their environment, the more children will revert to those mean behaviors themselves when faced with challenging social situations.

4. Mehmet Karli:

   There will no longer be a centralization of power at the hands of the president, the presidency will become a symbolic office and Turkey will revert back to the parliamentary democracy that it was since 1921.

5. Terry Jones:

   Knowledge from the past can protect us in the present. When an animal or plant goes extinct, it isn't coming back. But mutations can re-occur or revert and viruses can mutate or spill over from the animal reservoir so there will always be another zoonosis( disease caused by viruses that jumped from animal hosts into human hosts).