returner
One who revisits
A returner is someone who comes back after an absence.
The word appears most often in specific contexts: a returner to the workforce after years away, a returner to school as an adult student, or in American football, the player who catches and runs back kicks and punts.
She's a career returner after raising her kids.
Opening play in football
- puntKick before landing
- runbackBall carrier's advance
- touchdownSix-point gridiron play
- yardageLength in yards
endzone · receiver · blocker · gunner · gridiron · formation · playbook · cleats
Returning to one's origin
- reunionGathering after separation
- reentryComing back in
- reappearanceComing back into view
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
revisitation · prodigal · expatriate · alumni · veteran · revisit · reclaim · repatriation
Propelling by arm motion
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- woodenMade from timber
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- spinRapid rotation around axis
rotation · trajectory · arc · catch · Aboriginal · indigenous · artifact · aerodynamics
Recovery from injury/addiction
- healingRestoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- therapyCurative mental treatment
restoration · survivor · rebuild · regain · reclaim · redemption · recuperation · perseverance
kickoff
Opening play in football
yardage · endzone · receiver · blocker · gunner · gridiron · formation · playbook · cleats · tackle
homecoming
Returning to one's origin
- reunionGathering after separation
- reentryComing back in
- reappearanceComing back into view
reintegration · revisitation · prodigal · expatriate · alumni · veteran · revisit · reclaim · repatriation · readjustment
throwing
Propelling by arm motion
spin · rotation · trajectory · arc · catch · Aboriginal · indigenous · artifact · aerodynamics · glide
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- healingRestoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
therapy · restoration · survivor · rebuild · regain · reclaim · redemption · recuperation · perseverance
- racket sportsserve, volley, forehand, backhand, doubles
- special teamskickoff, punt, field goal, extra point, punter
- tennis playersserver, baseliner, volleyer, serve-and-volleyer, singles player
- career changersretrainer, late bloomer, reinventor
- Canadian footballCFL, rouge, Argonauts, Argos, Stamps
- job candidatesapplicant, job candidate, job seeker, candidate, interviewee
returnersender
One who dispatches
giver · thrower · dispatcher · shipper · deliverer
- in returnAs exchange or compensation
- tax returnIncome declaration to government
- return the favorRepay a kindness received
- return addressMailer's printed coordinates
- return tripJourney to starting point
- point of no returnThreshold beyond which reversal impossible
return, returned, returns, returning, returnable, returnee, returnees, returners, nonreturnable