Synonyms of the word regain


REGAINACQUIRE - FIND - GET - RECOVER - RETRIEVE

regain

  • v. (transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

acquire

  • v. (transitive) To get.
  • v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
  • v. (medicine) To contract.
  • v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.

find

  • v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
  • v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
  • v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
  • v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
  • v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
  • v. (transitive) To point out.
  • v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
  • v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
  • v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
  • n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
  • n. The act of finding.

get

  • v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
  • v. (transitive) To receive.
  • v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
  • v. (copulative) To become.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
  • v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to do.
  • v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
  • v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
  • v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
  • v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  • v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
  • v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
  • v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
  • v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
  • v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  • v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
  • v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
  • v. (transitive) To getter.
  • v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
  • v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  • v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
  • v. (euphemistic) To kill.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  • n. Offspring.
  • n. Lineage.
  • n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
  • n. Something gained.
  • n. (Britain, regional) A git.
  • n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

recover

  • v. (transitive) To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury…
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To get better from; to get over.
  • v. (intransitive) To get better, regain one's health.
  • v. (intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit.
  • v. (transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation.
  • v. (transitive, law) To gain by legal process.
  • n. (obsolete) Recovery.
  • n. (military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and…
  • v. To cover again.
  • v. (roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

retrieve

  • v. (transitive) To regain or get back something.
  • v. (transitive) To rescue (a) creature(s).
  • v. (transitive) To salvage something.
  • v. (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
  • v. (transitive) To remember or recall something.
  • v. (transitive) To fetch or carry back something.
  • v. (transitive) To fetch and bring in game.
  • v. (intransitive) To fetch and bring in game systematically.
  • v. (intransitive) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
  • v. (obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
  • n. A retrieval.
  • n. (sports) The return of a difficult ball.
  • n. (obsolete) A seeking again; a discovery.
  • n. (obsolete) The recovery of game once sprung.

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