resurges

Comes back stronger

Resurges is the third-person singular of resurge, meaning to rise again or experience renewal after a period of decline.

The word appears most often in news and analysis describing comebacks: The virus resurges every winter, Nationalism resurges in times of economic anxiety.

Less common than the noun resurgence.

revival

reemergence

Returning to visibility

comebackRecovery after decline
reboundReturn after deflection
returnGo back again

recovery · renaissance · restoration · reawakening · rekindling · revitalization · regeneration · rebirth · reinvigoration · renewal

wave

swell

Increase in size

crestHighest point or tuft
tideOcean's cyclical swell
billowSwell outward with air

undulate · rush · flood · gush · torrent · cascade · upwelling · groundswell · outpouring · tidal

Categories

bouncing backrebounds, springs back, snaps back, ricochets, boomerang effect

Opposites

vitality and activity level

resurgesfades

Grows gradually weaker

declines · wanes · ebbs · withers · diminishes

temporal trajectory

resurgesdies out

Completely disappears over time

disappears · vanishes · expires · ends · ceases

emergence/visibility

resurgesdisappears

Ceases to exist visibly

vanishes · fades away · retreats · withdraws · recedes

Family

resurgence, resurgent, resurge, resurging, resurgences, resurged

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G