RESTORING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

restoring

verb

Definition of restoring next

present participle of restore

as in reviving

to bring back to a former condition or vigor restore an old car

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as in returning

to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place restored the trophy to its proper place at the center of the shelf

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Recent Examples of restoring Ilia Gruev was taken out of the team on Sunday to make way for Nmecha, but restoring him in the German’s place for a home game against Brentford would not send the right message to the crowd. —

Beren Cross, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026 Yet for Iran’s current regime, its endgame is not victory but survival, restoring deterrence and attempting to regain power to dictate terms of what comes after the war. —

Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026 With attacks on gas and oil facilities across the Middle East sending energy prices soaring, a key to restoring global oil supplies is ensuring the Strait of Hormuz is safe for tanker traffic. —

David Gura, Bloomberg, 19 Mar. 2026 Between Chile and Argentina, Tompkins has helped engineer one of the largest rewilding initiatives on Earth, restoring predators, grazers, and vital bird species — including pumas, huemuls, and macaws. —

The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026 In 1996, Camus had been restoring a fourteenth-century castle in Plieux when the government commissioned him to compose a travel book about Hérault in France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region. —

Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 Democrats had demanded the change before restoring funding to the department, which has been partially shut down for more than a month. —

Bart Jansen, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 In the town of Burton upon Trent, a rotating team of volunteers has spent over 30 years restoring a Victorian pump house. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026 Trump has credited the tariffs with restoring profits at American steel mills. —

Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

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Verb

Cyrus took reviving Hannah very seriously, even if other people might poke fun at it.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
Each March, many of the country’s most selective colleges and universities release their admissions decisions, reviving debates over the roles of race, wealth and privilege – and putting Americans’ cultural obsession with rankings back in the spotlight.

— Stephen Chen, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026