Antonyms for re turning
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : ri-turn |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtɜrn |
- abandon
- abjure
- abort
- abstain
- accept
- act
- advance
- agree
- aid
- allow
- ascend
- ask
- assist
- avoid
- back out
- be original
- be quiet
- begin
- bounded
- break
- brief
- build
- calm
- cease
- ceasing
- changeable
- changing
- cloud
- comfort
- commence
- completed
- compliment
- conceal
- condemn
- confine
- confuse
- consume
- continue
- contradict
- counter
- cover
- damage
- decrease
- delight
- demolish
- deny
- depart
- deprive
- desist
- destroy
- deteriorate
- develop
- die
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disavow
- discontinuous
- dismantle
- disproportion
- disregard
- dissatisfy
- dissuade
- divide
- drop
- earn
- encourage
- ending
- enhance
- enlarge
- enter
- ephemeral
- expand
- extend
- extort
- face
- facilitate
- fade
- fail
- fight
- finish
- finished
- finite
- fire
- fleeting
- flourish
- forge
- forgive
- forswear
- forward
- free
- get better
- give up
- go
- go forward
- go on
- go up
- grow
- halt
- halting
- help
- hide
- hold
- hold back
- hold up
- hurt
- idle
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- initiate
- interrupted
- irregular
- keep
- kill
- laud
- leave
- leave alone
- let go
- limited
- live
- lose
- make happy
- make well
- meet
- momentary
- neglect
- obscure
- oppose
- overlook
- pardon
- pass up
- pay
- penalize
- permit
- persist
- play
- please
- praise
- prevent
- progress
- prolong
- promise
- prove
- question
- quit
- raise
- raze
- reach
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- remove
- renounce
- repudiate
- repulse
- request
- restart
- result
- rise
- ruin
- say yes
- seize
- separate
- settle
- shrink
- shrivel
- shun
- slight
- soothe
- stagnate
- start
- stay
- steal
- stop
- stopping
- straighten
- strengthen
- support
- suppress
- surrender
- sympathize
- take
- take back
- temporary
- terminable
- transient
- upset
- veto
- weaken
- win
- withdraw
- withhold
- withstand
- wonder
- work
- worsen
Definition of re turning
Origin :- early 14c., "to come back, come or go back to a former position" (intransitive), from Old French retorner "turn back, turn round, return" (Modern French retourner), from re- "back" (see re-) + torner "to turn" (see turn (v.)). Transitive sense of "report officially" is early 15c.; "to send back" is mid-15c.; that of "to turn back" is from c.1500. Meaning "to give in repayment" is 1590s; that of "give back, restore" c.1600. Related: Returned; returning.
- As in perpetual : adj continual, lasting
- As in returning : noun the act of coming back
- As in returning : noun the act of sending back
- As in lapse : verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
- As in pay : verb profit, yield
- As in produce : verb generate, create
- As in react : verb respond; conduct oneself
- As in rebound : verb bounce back; ricochet
- As in recede : verb withdraw; diminish
- As in reciprocate : verb exchange, alternate; equal
- As in recompense : verb pay back, make restitution
- As in recur : verb happen again; repeat in one's mind
- As in reflect : verb give back
- As in reimburse : verb pay back something owed
- As in reinstate : verb give back responsibility
- As in render : verb contribute
- As in repay : verb give back money or possession
- As in repay : verb get even; obtain restitution for past injustice
- As in repeat : verb duplicate, do again
- As in reply : verb answer
- As in requite : verb compensate, give in return
- As in respond : verb act in answer to something
- As in restore : verb give back
- As in retaliate : verb get even with someone
- As in retort : verb answer
- As in return : verb go back, turn back
- As in return : verb give back, send back
- As in return : verb earn
- As in return : verb answer
- As in revenge : verb retaliate for wrong, grievance
- As in revert : verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
- As in ricochet : verb rebound
- As in turn : verb reverse; change course
- As in vote : verb decide on representation
- As in yield : verb produce
- As in indemnify : verb repay
- As in go back : verb break
- As in boomerang : verb backfire
- As in bring : verb command a price
- As in bring in : verb make a profit
- As in reappear : verb come again
- As in revisit : verb visit again
- As in acknowledge : verb verbally recognize receipt of something
- As in redound : verb be deflected
- As in backpedal : verb retrace one's step
- As in backtrack : verb retrace one's step
- As in reoccur : verb recur
- As in restate : verb repeat
- As in retrocede : verb recede
- As in counter : verb answer, respond in retaliation
- As in decline : verb lessen, become less
- As in degenerate : verb decay, deteriorate
- As in double back : verb retrace one's steps
- As in field : verb catch a hit or thrown object
- As in give : verb demonstrate, proffer
- As in go back/go back on : verb break promise; change one's mind
- As in answer : verb reply, react
- As in haunt : verb visit as a spirit
Synonyms for re turning
- abandon
- abate
- abiding
- about-face
- accord
- accrue
- acknowledge
- acquire
- act
- act in response
- address
- administer
- admit
- afford
- agitate
- agonize
- aim
- allow
- alter
- alternate
- announce
- annoy
- answer
- answer back
- answering
- ante up
- apostatize
- appall
- appear
- argue
- arrive at
- assemble
- atone
- atone for
- author
- avenge
- award
- back
- back at you
- back talk
- back up
- backfire
- backlash
- backpedal
- backslide
- backtalk
- backtrack
- balance
- ballot
- barter
- be affected
- be equivalent
- be ever present
- be in touch
- be in touch with
- be out for blood
- be profitable
- be remembered
- be remunerative
- be repeated
- be unfaithful
- be worth
- beam
- bear
- beat
- become obsolete
- bedevil
- beget
- behave
- beset
- besiege
- bestow
- betray
- bilk
- blossom
- boomerang
- bounce back
- breed
- bring
- bring back
- bring forth
- bring in
- bring out
- bringing back
- buck
- build
- call
- call off
- capsize
- carry back
- cash in on
- cast
- cast ballot
- cast vote
- catch
- cease
- ceaseless
- cede
- change
- change position
- cheapen
- chime
- choose
- circle
- circle back
- circumvent
- claim
- clean up
- clear
- close
- come again
- come and go
- come apart at seams
- come back
- come back at
- come home to roost
- come in
- come through
- come to
- comeback
- communicate
- comp
- compensate
- compose
- conceive
- confer
- constant
- construct
- contest
- continued
- continuous
- contravene
- contribute
- convalesce
- convert
- convey
- copy
- correspond
- corrode
- corrupt
- cost
- cough up
- counter
- counteract
- counterbalance
- counterclaim
- counterpoise
- countervail
- counterwork
- cover
- crack
- crop up again
- cross
- cultivate
- curve
- dash
- deal with
- decay
- declare
- decline
- decrease
- defend
- deflect
- degenerate
- deliver
- deny
- depart
- deprave
- depreciate
- descend
- desert
- design
- deteriorate
- determine
- detour
- detract
- develop
- deviate
- devise
- die
- die off
- die on vine
- digress
- diminish
- din
- direct
- disappoint
- discharge
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- dispense
- display
- disprove
- dispute
- disquiet
- distribute
- ditto
- diverge
- do business
- dodge
- double
- double back
- drain away
- draw
- draw back
- droop
- drop
- drum into
- dwell
- dwindle
- earn
- ebb
- echo
- effect
- effectuate
- elapse
- elect
- emulate
- enact
- end
- endless
- enduring
- enfranchise
- engender
- equalize
- erect
- establish
- eternal
- even the score
- everlasting
- evidence
- exact retribution
- exchange
- expiate
- expire
- explain
- extend
- fabricate
- face about
- fade
- fail
- fall
- fall back
- fall off
- fall off the wagon
- feedback
- feel
- feel for
- feel in return
- fetch
- field the question
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- flag
- flash
- flip-flop
- float
- flow back
- flower
- fly in the face of
- foil
- follow
- form
- forsake
- frame
- frequent
- frighten
- frustrate
- function
- furnish
- gain
- generate
- get
- get back at
- get back on one's feet
- get back to
- get better
- get even
- get in shape
- get in touch
- get revenge
- get well
- give
- give a snappy comeback
- give and take
- give back
- give birth
- give comeuppance
- give forth
- give just desserts
- give off
- give satisfaction
- give up
- giving back
- go again
- go away
- go back
- go by
- go downhill
- go over again
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to the dogs
- go to the polls
- going on
- grant
- grease
- greet
- gross
- hail
- hand back
- hand over
- handle
- harass
- hark back
- hark back to
- harrow
- haunt thoughts
- have a funny feeling
- have bone to pick
- have vibes
- heal
- hinder
- hit back
- hit the skids
- hold
- hold out
- hold over
- hound
- hover
- imagine
- imitate
- immortal
- impart
- imperishable
- incessant
- incline
- indemnify
- indicate
- infest
- infinite
- ingeminate
- inhabit
- interchange
- interminable
- intermittent
- intrude
- invent
- inverse
- invert
- issue
- iterate
- judge
- justify
- kick back
- languish
- lapse
- leave in the lurch
- lessen
- loop
- lose value
- lower
- madden
- make
- make a comeback
- make a killing
- make a return
- make amends
- make available
- make good
- make like
- make money
- make reparations
- make reprisal
- make restitution
- make up for
- manifest
- manufacture
- match
- materialize
- meet
- mend
- minister
- mirror
- molest
- move
- move back
- multiply
- net
- nettle
- never-ceasing
- never-ending
- notice
- obsess
- occupy
- occur again
- offer
- offset
- operate
- oppose
- opt
- originate
- overcome
- overcompensate
- overrun
- parent
- parry
- part with
- pass
- patrol
- pay
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay dividend
- pay dividends
- pay dues
- pay for
- pay off
- pay one's dues
- pay out
- perdurable
- perennial
- perform
- permanent
- permeate
- persist
- persistent
- pervade
- pester
- pick up
- pine
- pit
- pivot
- plague
- play
- play back
- play off
- play over
- plead
- pose
- possess
- present
- prey on
- proceed
- procreate
- produce
- proffer
- pronounce
- propagate
- propitiate
- propose
- provide
- provide a living
- pull through
- punish
- put back
- put in office
- put in power again
- put on
- put out
- put together
- quit
- quote
- rack
- rally
- react
- read back
- realize
- reappear
- reappearance
- rebate
- rebound
- rebut
- recall
- recapitulate
- recast
- recede
- rechannel
- recidivate
- reciprocate
- recite
- recoil
- recommend
- recompense
- recompensing
- reconsider
- reconstruct
- recoup
- recover
- recrudesce
- recuperate
- recur
- recurrence
- recurrent
- recurring
- redeem
- redirect
- redo
- redress
- reduce
- reel back
- reelect
- reenter
- reentrance
- reestablish
- reexamine
- refashion
- reform
- refund
- refute
- regain one's health
- regress
- rehabilitate
- rehash
- rehearse
- rehire
- reimburse
- reinsert
- reinstate
- reintroduce
- reinvest
- reissue
- reiterate
- rejoin
- rejuvenate
- relapse
- relate
- relinquish
- remake
- remark
- remit
- remunerate
- render
- renege
- renew
- reoccur
- reoccurrence
- reoccurring
- repair
- repay
- repayment
- repeat
- repeated
- repeating
- repercuss
- repetition
- repetitious
- replace
- replay
- reply
- replying
- report
- reprise
- reproduce
- repudiate
- requite
- rerun
- resay
- reseat
- reshow
- resist
- resolve
- resonate
- resound
- respond
- responding
- restate
- restitute
- restitution
- restore
- restoring
- resume
- retaliate
- retell
- retire
- retort
- retrace
- retrace one's steps
- retrace steps
- retracing
- retract
- retreat
- retrieve
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- retrospect
- return
- return the compliment
- return to form
- return to mind
- returning
- revenge
- reverberate
- reverberation
- reverse
- reverse path
- revert
- revisit
- revive
- revolution
- revolve
- revolving
- reward
- rework
- ricochet
- riposte
- rise
- roll back
- rot
- rotate
- rotating
- rotation
- ruin
- run out
- run out on
- run over
- run through one's mind
- sag
- salute
- sass
- satisfy
- say
- score
- scratch one's back
- second
- sell
- sell for
- sempiternal
- send
- send back
- serve out
- set forth
- settle
- settle the score
- settle up
- settle with
- share
- sheer
- shift
- shine
- shoot back
- show
- show fruit
- show gain
- show profit
- shrink
- shunt
- shy away
- sidetrack
- sing same old song
- sink
- slide
- slip
- snap back
- solve
- spook
- spring back
- spring for
- square
- square accounts
- square up
- squelch
- start anew
- state
- stay
- stay with
- stick it to
- stop
- strike back
- submit
- subside
- subvert
- suggest
- supply
- surrender
- swap
- sway
- sweeten
- sweeten the pot
- swerve
- swing
- swing for
- swirl
- switch
- tack
- take
- take after
- take an eye for an eye
- take back
- take care of
- take on
- take revenge
- take up where left off
- talk back
- taper
- tease
- tender
- terminate
- terrify
- terrorize
- thank
- throw back
- thrust back
- thumbs down
- tit for tat
- top
- torment
- toss back
- trade
- transform
- transmit
- transpose
- trouble
- turn
- turn aside
- turn back
- turn out
- turn over
- turn the tables on
- turn upon
- turning back
- twist
- unceasing
- unchanging
- undying
- unending
- unfailing
- uninterrupted
- unremitting
- upset
- vacillate
- vary
- veer
- venge
- vex
- vie
- vindicate
- visit often
- vitiate
- volte-face
- voodoo
- walk
- wane
- ward off
- weaken
- weigh on
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- without end
- work
- worry
- worsen
- wreak vengeance
- write
- write back
- yield
- yield profit
- zigzag
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