RECOVERS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

recovers

verb

present tense third-person singular of recover

as in regains

to get again in one's possession after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys

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as in rebounds

to regain a former or normal state after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory

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as in heals

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness I see you're recovering well from the accident

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as in recycles

to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product the process of recovering aluminum from old cans

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Recent Examples of recovers The virus also causes a rare but fatal neurological condition called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which typically strikes years after a child seemingly recovers from the infection. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026 Anudike-Uzomah has been getting plenty of looks with the starters in the preseason as Ashton Gillotte recovers from an injury, and the sack helps his cause. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026 Business continuity focuses on how an organization recovers after disruption. — Meghan Tisinger, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Hicks’ wife Belen Hernandez continues to run their restaurant, with their children helping out while their father recovers. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026 Is Cristhian Mosquera ready to deputise until William Saliba recovers from his back injury? — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Lake Nona’s Eli Nickerson has the ball slip out of his hand and Seminole recovers the fumble. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 But the team decided to use caution as Sabally recovers from a second head injury within the last year. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 For this reason, Serrano’s work, with its uncannily beatific admixture of the sacred and the profane, recovers something of the original impact of Paul’s scandalous proclamation. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Each query is processed through Claude, which retrieves the data from NetSuite.

— Gaurav Vashisht, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Next, an autonomous drone retrieves the order and flies to the patient's address.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Even if Hubbard heals in time for Carolina’s opener against the Chicago Bears, the former Longhorn should tally notable numbers from the jump.

— Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
The team’s priority should be making sure Adames, who turns 31 next month, completely heals from his injury, especially something as serious as a back injury.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of heals

Verb

Nike recycles the shoes to make new athletic apparel, sports courts, and tracks, playgrounds, and more.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026
With fellow voice actor and Rugrats star Michael Bell, Chartoff invented the Grayway Rotating Drain, which recycles used water from showers and sinks for other household uses.

— Madeline Boardman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of recycles

Verb

Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.

— Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
While not a full-fledged continuation of the fantastic action show Lycoris Recoil, this series of shorts recaptures the other half of the 2022 girls-with-guns series.

— Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

Definition of recaptures

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The real end of Oak Street comes not from the feet and chompers of the dinosaurs but from a moviemaker who revives the idyllic 1980s only to desecrate them with wokeness.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Today’s manosphere revives an old script Old, bad ideas do not simply fade away.

— Michael Kimmel, Time, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of revives

Verb

To drive lasting change, leaders must demonstrate how allyship enhances team performance, improves decision-making, and directly supports individual career trajectories.

— Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Miami improves to 66-64 on the season to stay on the outskirts of the National League’s wild card race and has won seven of eight games this year so far against the Nationals (61-70).

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of improves

Verb

That’s a point well taken and something everybody in life should strive for, and as such, the film rallies to inject a bit of emotion into the narrative as Jane, Coco and Sophie’s friendship with Mel reaches a breaking point.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
McIlroy rallies from a three-shot deficit at the turn, to shoot a 3-under 68 to beat Phil Mickelson by one stroke.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026