recovers
Gets well again
Recovers is the third-person singular of recover.
To recover is to get back something lost or taken: She recovers her composure after the shock, The company recovers its costs within a year.
Recovery also means returning to health or normal condition: He recovers quickly from illness.
In legal contexts, one recovers damages or compensation through a court judgment.
Takes back possession
- retrievesGets and returns
- regainsRecovers something lost
- recapturesSeizes again after loss
- repossessesSeizes for unpaid debt
salvages · rescues · finds · locates · unearths · restores · recoups · obtains
Return after deflection
- revivalReturn after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- returnGo back again
redemption · turnaround · upswing · breakthrough · renaissance · reclamation · rally · bounces back
Restorative maintenance work
- renovatesRestores to better condition
- refurbishesRepairs and improves something
- reconstructsBuilds anew from remains
- rehabilitatesReturns to good condition
renews · revives · reconditions · rebuilds · conserves · preserves · reinstates · mends
Post-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- treatmentCare for an ailment
cure · recuperation · mends · improves · stabilizes · surgery · medicine · patient
reclaims
Takes back possession
- retrievesGets and returns
- regainsRecovers something lost
- recapturesSeizes again after loss
repossesses · salvages · rescues · finds · locates · unearths · restores · recoups · obtains · secures
rebound
Return after deflection
- revivalReturn after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
return · redemption · turnaround · upswing · breakthrough · renaissance · reclamation · rally · bounces back · regains
repairs
Restorative maintenance work
- renovatesRestores to better condition
- refurbishesRepairs and improves something
- reconstructsBuilds anew from remains
rehabilitates · renews · revives · reconditions · rebuilds · conserves · preserves · reinstates · mends · fixes
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- therapyCurative mental treatment
treatment · cure · recuperation · mends · improves · stabilizes · surgery · medicine · patient · hospital
- salvage verbsrescues, saves, retrieves, reclaims, restores
- bouncing backrebounds, springs back, snaps back, ricochets, boomerang effect
- comes backreturns, reappears, reemerges, recurs, bounces back
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
recoversdeteriorates
Becomes progressively worse
worsens · declines · relapses · sickens · degenerates
recoversloses
Fails to retain
forfeits · abandons · surrenders · relinquishes · gives up
- recovery groupsCollective healing gatherings
- post-war recoveryRebuilding after armed conflict
- financial recoveryReturn to economic health
- full recoveryReturn to prior health
- speedy recoveryQuick return to health
- recovery timePeriod needed to heal
recover, recovery, recovering, recovered, recoveries, recoverable, unrecoverable, recoverer, nonrecoverable