returns
Definitions
Noun
- Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- A coming to or returning home
- The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- Getting something back again
- The act of going back to a prior location
- The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- A reciprocal group action
- A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- (american football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- The act of someone appearing again
Verb
- Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- Give back
- Go back to a previous state
- Go back to something earlier
- Bring back to the point of departure
- Return in kind
- Make a return
- Answer back
- Be restored
- Pay back
- Pass down
- Elect again
- Be inherited by
- Return to a previous position; in mathematics
- Give or supply
- Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "returns".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "returns".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reasons | 2 | 103 |
| 2 | remains | 2 | 84 |
| 3 | regions | 2 | 40 |
| 4 | russians | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | proteins | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | airplanes | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | romans | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | retains | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | rayburn's | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | origins | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | britain's | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | ribbons | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | robbins | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | threatens | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | orleans' | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | pronouns | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | rations | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | prisons | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | protons | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | rawlins | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | region's | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | routines | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | truman's | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | broadens | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | dragons | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | orations | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | resins | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | ricans | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | brightens | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | britons | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | freeman's | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | griffin's | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | ravines | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | reckons | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | regains | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | resigns | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | rollins | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | rubens | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | russians' | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | aerodyne's | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | airborne's | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | airplane's | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | arellanes | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | brackens | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | brackins | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | breeden's | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | brennan's | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | brennans | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | britains | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | britons' | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | brookens | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | brookins | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | craven's | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | cravens | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | cremeans | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | cremeens | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | crimmins | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | dragon's | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | drawdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | drayton's | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | freemans | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | freemen's | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | freshens | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | frightens | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | grabens | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | gribbins | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | grosshans | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | grumman's | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | gryphons | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | oregon's | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | orlean's | 3 | 0 |
| 72 | preteens | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | prison's | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | protein's | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | proton's | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | rabin's | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | raccoons | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | rahman's | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | raisins | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | ravens | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | ravin's | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | reagan's | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | reagans | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | reagans' | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | refines | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | regan's | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | rejoins | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | reruns | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | returns' | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | richins | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | riggins | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | robin's | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | robins | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | robins' | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | rollins' | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | roman's | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | romines | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | ronan's | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | roseanne's | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | rosen's | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | rubin's | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | run-ons | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | russian's | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | rutan's | 2 | 0 |
| 105 | trajan's | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | tremens | 2 | 0 |
| 107 | triton's | 2 | 0 |
| 108 | trojans | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | trupin's | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "returns".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | 1 | 233 |
| 2 | return | 2 | 180 |
| 3 | returned | 2 | 115 |
| 4 | runs | 1 | 55 |
| 5 | turns | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | returning | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | creatures | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | restaurants | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | restrains | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | turnips | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | returns' | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | returnees | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | returnee | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | reruns | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | overturns | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | restaurants' | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | restaurant's | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | rens | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | upturns | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | u-turns | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "returns" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | returns to | 1 | 4 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "returns" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "returns" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procession | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | wife | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | whenever | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | continually | 5 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "returns".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | returns' | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 29
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 109
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 4
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Mar 13, 2026 The New York Times

