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. Providence College:

   You send them back to their community, you will in essence be reseeding with individuals who are capable of transmitting infection, many communities throughout the country, so it's much, much better to have the capability to put These CNN Heroes in a place where These CNN Heroes could comfortably recover.

2. Matt Friedlein:

   Great Lakes waves tend to arrive at shore in closer succession than ocean waves, which can make it harder for a swimmer to recover if they are knocked down, the shorelines also have many piers and break walls where strong currents can develop and surround, as well as gaps in sandbars that favor currents.

3. Jennifer Shu:

   Luckily, most people recover within a week without problems besides some discomfort/pain in the mouth.

4. Pedro Sanchez:

   We will not suddenly recover activity across all sectors, the deescalation has to be gradual and asymmetric... We won't all advance at the same pace but we will follow the same rules.

5. Katie Hill:

   I don't feel like I have an obligation to [seek office], other than to show that people can recover from things, and if you’ve had a mission to do something and people try to derail you from it, don’t let them, but I don’t know if that’s a good enough reason.