1. return - noun
· document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
Synonym(s): tax_return, income_tax_return
Hypernym(s): legal_document, legal_instrument, official_document, instrument
2. return - noun
· a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
Synonym(s): homecoming
Hypernym(s): arrival
3. return - noun
· the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Synonym(s): coming_back
4. return - noun
· getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
Synonym(s): restitution, restoration, regaining
Hypernym(s): acquisition
5. return - noun
· the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
Hypernym(s): motion, movement, move
6. return - noun
· the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
Synonym(s): issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
Hypernym(s): income
7. return - noun
· happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
Synonym(s): recurrence
Hypernym(s): repeat, repetition
8. return - noun
· a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
Synonym(s): rejoinder, retort, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
9. return - noun
· the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Synonym(s): return_key
Hypernym(s): key
10. return - noun
· a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
Synonym(s): paying_back, getting_even
Hypernym(s): group_action
11. return - noun
· a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
Hypernym(s): tennis_stroke, tennis_shot
12. return - noun
· (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
Hypernym(s): run, running, running_play, running_game
13. return - noun
· the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
Synonym(s): reappearance
Hypernym(s): appearance
14. return - verb
· go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
15. return - verb
· give back; "render money"
Synonym(s): render
Hypernym(s): give
16. return - verb
· go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
Synonym(s): revert, retrovert, regress, turn_back
Hypernym(s): change_by_reversal, turn, reverse
17. return - verb
· go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
Synonym(s): hark_back, come_back, recall
18. return - verb
· bring back to the point of departure
Synonym(s): take_back, bring_back
Hypernym(s): bring, convey, take
19. return - verb
· return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
Hypernym(s): reciprocate
20. return - verb
· make a return; "return a kickback"
21. return - verb
· answer back
Synonym(s): retort, come_back, repay, riposte, rejoin
Hypernym(s): answer, reply, respond
22. return - verb
· be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
Synonym(s): come_back
Hypernym(s): reappear, re-emerge
23. return - verb
· pay back; "Please refund me my money"
Synonym(s): refund, repay, give_back
Hypernym(s): pay
24. return - verb
· pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
Hypernym(s): communicate, pass_on, pass, pass_along, put_across
25. return - verb
· elect again
Synonym(s): reelect
Hypernym(s): elect
26. return - verb
· be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
Synonym(s): fall, pass, devolve
Hypernym(s): change_hands, change_owners
27. return - verb
· return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
Hypernym(s): return
28. return - verb
· give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
Synonym(s): render, yield, give, generate
Hypernym(s): produce, make, create
29. return - verb
· submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
Hypernym(s): submit
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