All comeback synonyms
come·back
C c noun comeback
- resurgence — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
- return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- revival — restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.
- rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
- victory — a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
- winning — a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- rally — to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.
- rejoinder — an answer to a reply; response.
- repartee — a quick, witty reply.
- quip — a clever or witty remark or comment.
- retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
- riposte — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
- reply — followup
- response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- retort — to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- witticism — a witty remark or sentence.
- reinstatement — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- rebirth — a new or second birth: the rebirth of the soul.
- regeneration — act of regenerating; state of being regenerated.
- renewal — the act of renewing.
- success story — an account of the achievement of success, fortune, or fame by someone or some enterprise.
- recovery — an act of recovering.
- triumph — the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
verb comeback
- snipe — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- jeer — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- get back to — resume
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- talk back — the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.