COMES BACK Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

comes back

verb

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present tense third-person singular of come back

as in recovers

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness she's slowly coming back after being in a coma

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as in rebounds

to regain a former or normal state the American bald eagle was once nearly extinct but has come back strong

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as in responds

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction he came back with another one of his smart remarks

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Recent Examples of comes back The dual major sets up students for the chance that computer science comes back to the fore like the return of the Jedi. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 The near-enough effect comes back into play in the weaving together of these clusters found elsewhere and adding a few other sporadic deaths. —

Faye Flam, Scientific American, 7 May 2026 Jerry also comes back, having escaped Fergal and now in search of his missing friend. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 May 2026 You might be surprised by what comes back. —

Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2026 Just look at all the times naysayers have doubted it , and the stock still comes back. —

Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026 Basically, when that hook comes back, everybody’s guaranteed to sing it. —

Gia Peppers, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2026 Passport in my pocket, a memory of a family trip comes back to me. —

Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026 In the next sequence, Jodie Turner-Smith fronts a jazzercise-style workout video as dancers Tori Evans and Sydney Moss join in, while Swift does the routine at home in a bright pink windbreaker that comes back stronger than a '90s trend. —

Bryan West, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026

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Morgan received high marks for signing veteran Rasheed Walker to a team-friendly contract (one year, $4 million) as a stopgap solution at left tackle while Ikem Ekwonu recovers from patellar tendon surgery.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 21 May 2026
If a person recovers from the virus, there is also the chance the virus can hide out in certain parts of the body that are protected from the immune system — like in semen.

— Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 May 2026