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comeback
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of COMEBACK
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something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question <regardless of the question posed by the prosecutor, the witness had a plausible comeback>
Related Words back talk, banter, persiflage, repartee; acknowledgment (or acknowledgement), comment, communication, correspondence, feedback, non sequitur, observation, reaction, remark; defense, explanation, justification, plea, rebuttal, refutation
Near Antonyms challenge, charge, cross-examination, grilling, interrogation, interrogatory, quiz; poll, questionnaire, survey
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the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength <trying to make a comeback after a career-threatening injury>
Near Antonyms decline, degeneration, deterioration, fading, failing, languishing, sinking, wasting (away), weakening, wilting, withering, worsening; regression, relapse
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