RETURNED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

returned

verb

past tense of return

as in restored

to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from

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took
removed

as in yielded

to produce as revenue this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit

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as in responded

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready

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as in reverted

to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways

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Recent Examples of returned Sonic, a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois, was discharged from Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic and returned home to continue his recovery, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday afternoon. — Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The Longhorns were up 17-3 after Ryan Niblett returned a punt for a touchdown to give the Horns a two-score lead midway through the second quarter while their opponent, the Florida Gators, looked hapless. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Texas led 17-3 in the second quarter after Ryan Niblett returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown, the third of his career. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Gray returned from injury to score 19 points, Reese added 14 points and 12 rebounds. — Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Xavier Lucas returned after missing the past four games and Damari Brown, who has played sparingly the past few weeks, was fully cleared as well. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 And Sébastien Meunier—who founded his namesake label after winning the Grand Prize at Hyères in 1998—returned with Re-Authored, a re-examination of his own creative legacy. — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026 Since early voting started four weeks ago, local election officials have distributed 519,813 absentee ballots, and more than 80,000 voters have cast their ballots in person and 121,000 have returned theirs by mail. — Aki Nace, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Two fourth-quarter Manning interceptions, one returned for a touchdown, gave the Sooners a win in a wonderful afternoon of football. — Mac Engel october 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Maybe there’s an equilibrium that must be restored on this show, relationship-wise.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Congress restored most of the funding for fiscal year 2026 and is expected to do the same in the 2027 budget.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of restored

Verb

In its internal testing, playing Cyberpunk 2077 at Medium RT with DLSS at Balanced, using 64GB of DDR5 alongside the 9800X3D, yielded notable results.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
After a home run by Cedric Mullins trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Cole Sulser yielded a leadoff single to slumping Angel Martínez in the ninth and balked him to second base.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of yielded

Verb

Still, when the measles outbreak erupted, Bangladesh responded swiftly and initially seemed to be winning the battle.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Houston responded with Jawhar Jordan’s 25-yard touchdown run to restore a 10-point lead, 31-21, late in the third quarter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of responded

Verb

If performance reverted as soon as the executive left, the transformation was never complete.

— Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Just after Sky announced its greenlight earlier this year, Banijay and Sony entered a rights dispute revolving around Banijay believing the TV and film rights had reverted back to them since The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie aired.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of reverted

Verb

Check out the first images of The Cold Song, provided exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, below.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Customers who had been due to fly on Saturday were provided with accommodation and rebooked on alternative flights, according to the airline.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of provided

Verb

Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

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