Antonyms for retrieve
rɪˈtrivre·trieve

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. retrieve

   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, recover, recruit, recuperate, regain, repossess, restore, resume

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. retrieve

   Antonyms:
   lose, forfeit, abandon, betray, surrender, impair, deteriorate

   Synonyms:
   recover, regain, rescue, repair, restore

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1. • Fetch

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

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, feel, incur, observe, recall, witness, call back, recover, ascertain, bump, remember, regain, obtain, discover, receive

2. retrieveverb

   go for and bring back

   "retrieve the car from the parking garage"

   Synonyms:
   call up, find, remember, recollect, call back, recall, think, recover, regain

3. retrieveverb

   run after, pick up, and bring to the master

   "train the dog to retrieve"

   Synonyms:
   call up, find, remember, recollect, call back, recall, think, recover, regain

4. remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, thinkverb

   recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

   "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

   Synonyms:
   recover, cerebrate, suppose, mean, reckon, commemorate, mobilize, phone, return, recollect, find, call in, rally, hark back, call up, echo, guess, come back, call, think, intend, conceive, opine, bring forward, imagine, recall, mobilise, commend, believe, call back, think back, think of, ring, consider, remember, cogitate, withdraw, regain, telephone

How to use retrieve in a sentence?

1. Linda Nelson:

   Iowa Democratic Party called at 1:23 a.m., I was fast asleep, i had to go out to my car, retrieve my materials and shared with them totals after both alignments and delegate distribution.

2. Gideon McKean:

   They got into a canoe, intending simply to retrieve the ball, and somehow got pushed by wind or tide into the open bay, about 30 minutes later they were spotted by an onlooker from land, who saw them far out from shore, and called the police. After that last sighting, they were not seen again. The Coast Guard recovered their canoe, which was capsized and miles away, at approximately 6:30( Thursday) evening.

3. George Filenko:

   This video in particular is on a particular type of hard drive that they have the technology to retrieve it off of.

4. Abu Osama:

   There are some families that have been buried under the rubble and no one is able to retrieve their bodies, the regime is just burning and destroying ... and then trying to advance on several fronts.

5. Chief Egunwale Amusan:

   Our goal is to retrieve those bodies, the mayor has called it a crime scene so we want it thoroughly investigated.

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