snap back

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SNAP BACK

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness <teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly>

Synonyms come back, gain, heal, mend, pull round [chiefly British], rally, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back

Related Words come around, come round, come to, improve, pick up, revive; cheer (up), perk (up); pull through, survive; recruit

Near Antonyms ail, collapse, come down, sicken; decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsen; regress, relapse

to regain a former or normal state <analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months>

Synonyms bounce (back), come back, rally, rebound, snap back

Related Words reanimate, revitalize, revive

Near Antonyms decline, fail, worsen

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