Synonyms for regain
riˈgeɪnre·gain

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1. regain

   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, recover, recruit, recuperate, 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. regain

   Synonyms:
   recover, react, reprocure, reobtain, retrieve, repossess

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, forfeit

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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, recover, ascertain, bump, remember, obtain, discover, receive

2. find, regainverb

   come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

   "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

   Synonyms:
   encounter, happen, notice, ascertain, witness, bump, retrieve, recover, detect, get hold, feel, observe, find oneself, receive, determine, chance, rule, line up, get, find out, discover, obtain, incur, find, come up, see

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1. regainverb

   Synonyms:
   recover, get back, gain anew

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1. regainverb

   Synonyms:
   recover, retrieve

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1. List of paraphrases for "regain":

   recover, retrieve, restore, resume, reclaim, recycle, re-establish, recoup

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1. President Barack Obama:

   The strategy that we are using now -- airstrikes, (U.S.) Special Forces and working with local forces who are fighting to regain control of their own country -- that is how we'll achieve a more sustainable victory, and it won't require us sending a new generation of Americans overseas to fight and die for another decade on foreign soil.

2. Donald Trump:

   James Comey is a disgrace to the FBI will go down as the worst Director in its long and once proud history, james Comey brought the FBI down, almost all Republicans Democrats thought Republicans Democrats should be FIRED, but the FBI will regain greatness because of the great men women who work there !

3. Audrey Sandusky:

   I would say it would take a long time for providers to regain the trust and confidence that patients have had in them.

4. Carsten Spohr:

   We will probably regain our footing in 2023. Then the Lufthansa Group will be a different company.

5. Robert Heacock:

   He has kindled the spirits of people -- that is the kind of message people want to hear, that we can regain some of the greatness we have lost.