Antonyms for return
rɪˈtɜrnre·turn

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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

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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

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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

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1. returnnoun

   Synonyms:
   restoration, restitution, repayment, requital, retribution, redress, recurrence, regress, reversion, repatriation, atavism, recrudescence, relapse

2. returnverb

   Synonyms:
   restore, repay, refund, replace, recur, regress, reappear, revert, requite, retaliate, repay, repatriate

How to use return in a sentence?

1. Vinicius Perreira:

   I’m sad to be separated from my family, but I expect to return home healthy, i hope the vaccine will finally arrive in 2021 to deal with this illness and we all have a better year.

2. Will Claye:

   My first Olympics in 2012, I walked and I was able to meet and take pictures with some of my idols in sport, some of the athletes that I look up to like Kobe( Bryant), LeBron( James) and actually being able to spend time with these people while we were preparing to do Opening Ceremonies, and those are the memories that last a lifetime... For someone who this may be their first Olympics, it's a once in a lifetime thing. You never know if you'll be able to get back to that stage.Traditional Tongan dress If this was an opening ceremony like no other, one thing remained unchanged compared to past Olympics : Pita Taufatofua made a return.Taufatofua first caught the attention of Olympic Stadium spectators in Rio five years ago when he appeared wearing traditional Tongan dress and covered in oil. Pita Taufatofua then repeated the act at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics two years later. Pita Taufatofua leads out Team Tonga during the opening ceremony. {.

3. Douglas Ollivant:

   The voters always have the last word and could well decide to return to the usual suspects, in the same political alignments, to parliament, further, it is not at all clear that this hoped-for diversity increases stability, or in any way makes for a more functional or less corrupt government once it is formed.

4. Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob:

   If unity can return with my death, I am willing to carry out suicide, we are ready for whatever order the council gives us. We are ready to work in any capacity, whether on a high level or a lower level.

5. Alek Sigley:

   I intend now to return to normal life.

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