Synonyms for recover
rɪˈkʌv ərre·cov·er

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1. recover

   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.

   Synonyms:
   be cured, be healed, be restored, cure, heal, reanimate, recruit, recuperate, regain, repossess, restore, resume, retrieve

   Antonyms:
   die, fail, grow worse, relapse, sink

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

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1. recover

   Synonyms:
   regain, repossess, resume, retrieve, recruit, heal, cure, revive, restore, reanimate, save

   Antonyms:
   lose, forfeit, miss, sacrifice, deteriorate, impair, decay, decline, relapse

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

2. recuperate, recover, convalesceverb

   get over an illness or shock

   "The patient is recuperating"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, go back, recuperate, recoup, regain, convalesce, find

3. recover, go back, recuperateverb

   regain a former condition after a financial loss

   "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, date back, find, recuperate, recoup, go back, recur, regain, convalesce, date from

4. recover, recoup, recuperateverb

   regain or make up for

   "recuperate one's losses"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, reimburse, find, recuperate, withhold, recoup, go back, deduct, regain, convalesce

5. reclaim, recoververb

   reuse (materials from waste products)

   Synonyms:
   recuperate, regenerate, tame, domesticize, retrieve, convalesce, go back, rectify, domesticise, domesticate, reform, regain, repossess, find, recoup, reclaim

6. recoververb

   cover anew

   "recover a chair"

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, reclaim, find, recuperate, recoup, go back, regain, convalesce

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Get
   • Improve
   • Recycle

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1. rewrap

   you can cover/wrap, and they can mean the same thing. so rewrap, and recover mean the same thing.

   he opened his present to early, so i had to rewrap it again.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   regain, recuperate, get back

2. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   retrieve, restore, repair, recruit, re-establish

3. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) obtain by course of law, get by judgment

4. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   rally, regain health, get well, be restored to health

5. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   be restored, be reinstated, regain the former state

6. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) obtain judgment

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1. recoververb

   Synonyms:
   regain, reclaim, retrieve, repair, recoup, recruit, rally, repossess, recuperate

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1. List of paraphrases for "recover":

   retrieve, regain, recovery, retrieving, reclaim, recoup, restore, recovering, retrieved, retrieves, recuperate, collect, retreive, recapture, retrive, retrieval, re-establish, rebound, resume, recovers, repossess, salvage, reacquire, back

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1. Christopher Harley:

   What worries me is that if you start getting heat waves like this, every 10 years instead of every 1,000 years or every five years, then it's you're getting hit too hard, too rapidly to actually ever recover, and then the ecosystem is going to just look very, very different.

2. Somaly Mam:

   I am so grateful for all the friends who have not believed the allegations about me ... and are helping me figure out how to carry on helping girls in sexual slavery and those at risk for it, we have worked non-stop to recover and reorganize.

3. Elijah Cummings:

   If Republicans were truly concerned with transparency, strengthening FOIA, and preserving federal records, they would be attempting to recover Secretary Powell’s emails from AOL, but they have taken no steps to do so despite the fact that this period — including the run-up to the Iraq War — was critical to our nation’s history.

4. The Spaniard:

   They’re experienced and strong, and I hope they have the capacity to recover well from the Giro, i trust them, I hope that the level of the team will be better than in the Giro.

5. Charlotte Lam:

   For Hong Kong's society to recover the foundation is the same (as that of the economy), we must stop the widespread violence.