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. Donald Trump:

   Collusion is often illegal in many other industries and yet these two Washington insiders have had to revert to collusion in order to stay alive, they are mathematically dead and this act only shows, as puppets of donors and special interests, how truly weak they and their campaigns are.

2. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Minister (Aryeh) Deri informed me of his intent to resign from the Economy Ministry in order to allow for the completion of the proceedings. The ministry will revert to me and I will authorise the outline.

3. 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).

4. James Overland:

   It is cold and dark in the Arctic so it will revert to its colder temperatures, but every warm air moving into the Arctic keeps it from getting really cold like it used to. It has a minor, long-term effect, thinner ice and warmer temperatures overall.

5. Tom Hildebrandt:

   If it happens one weekend, you learn from your mistakes and don’t revert back to it…it’s not part of a disorder.