Turn back


Synonyms for turn back
verb retrace one’s steps

back up
backpedal
backtrack

circle
dodge
loop

return
reverse
turn

reverse path
retrace one’s steps

Antonyms for turn back

forge

forward

go forward

Synonyms
verb return

come back
revert

reappear
revisit

come home
arrive home

Antonyms

lose
miss

pass
depart

go away
leave

Synonyms
verb respond; conduct oneself

proceed
acknowledge
feel
counter
revert
perform
behave
act

answer
reply
function
return
recur
rebound
work
echo

reciprocate
recoil
take
boomerang
operate
backfire
bounce back
get back at

answer back
be affected
give a snappy comeback
give back
have a funny feeling
have vibes
talk back

Antonyms

cease
refuse
halt

stop
question
idle

keep

Synonyms
verb happen again; repeat in one’s mind

reappear
persist
reiterate
repeat
return

revert
recrudesce
iterate
come back
be remembered

be repeated
come again
come and go
crop up again
haunt thoughts

return to mind
run through one’s mind

Antonyms

halt

stop

Synonyms
verb return to earlier way of doing things

fall back
ebb
revert
recede
fall off

degenerate
deteriorate
retrogress
relapse
lapse

sink
backslide
retreat
go back
lose ground

fall away
roll back
throw back

Antonyms

increase
improve
grow

forge
forward
progress

develop
strengthen

Synonyms
verb deteriorate, weaken

fall back
degenerate
retrogress
worsen
lapse

revert
sicken
sink
fade
fall

regress
fail
suffer
backslide
recidivate

be overcome
be overtaken
slide back
slip back

Antonyms

improve
increase
grow
heal
develop

progress
help
rise
strengthen
fight

reach
win
get better

Synonyms
verb turn upside down or backwards

shift
overturn
rearrange
interchange
inverse
capsize
exchange
revert

invert
backtrack
transpose
back
backpedal
upset
switch
flip-flop

transfer
about-face
retreat
back up
double back
go back
turn over
upend

evert
evaginate
go backwards
move backwards
transplace
turn around

Antonyms

enforce
go ahead
hold

keep
advance
do

meet
reserve

Synonyms
verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition

react
go back
degenerate
regress
retrogress
decline
return

relapse
recur
resume
about-face
lapse
transpose
turn

recrudesce
flip-flop
retrograde
invert
backslide
change
deteriorate

come back
inverse
hark back
fall off the wagon
take up where left off
throw back

Antonyms

improve
grow
develop

keep
get better
halt

stop
continue
progress

Synonyms
verb retrace one’s step

backtrack
double

return
double back

go back

Synonyms
verb retrace one’s step

go back
backpedal

double
return

double back

Synonyms
verb recur

come back
iterate
persist
reappear
recrudesce

reiterate
repeat
return
revert
be remembered

be repeated
come again
come and go
crop up again
haunt thoughts

return to mind
run through one’s mind

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