returners
Those who revisit
Returners is the plural of returner—someone who comes back after an absence.
The word appears most often in specific contexts: employees returning from leave returners to the workforce after maternity leave, students resuming education after a gap, or in sports, players who receive kicks and attempt to advance the ball The team's kick returners averaged twenty-two yards.
Paid staff members
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- rehiresEmploys former workers again
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
- retireesPeople finished working permanently
sabbatical · furlough · onboarding · reorientation · returnship · maternity · paternity · reentry
Capacity to recover quickly
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- revivalReturn after decline
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
resurgence · rehabilitation · reclaim · vindication · reintegration · overcome · reinstatement · second-chance
Repeating sequence of events
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- repetitionAct of redoing
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
intervals · regularity · reappearance · periodicity · succession · habitual · seasonal · annual
Longing for the past
- memoriesStored past experiences
- classmatesStudents in same course
- alumniFormer school members
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
celebration · reminisce · reconnect · homecoming · fellowship · anniversary · photographs · yearbook
employees
Paid staff members
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- rehiresEmploys former workers again
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
retirees · sabbatical · furlough · onboarding · reorientation · returnship · maternity · paternity · reentry · workforce
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- revivalReturn after decline
triumph · resurgence · rehabilitation · reclaim · vindication · reintegration · overcome · reinstatement · second-chance · perseverance
cycle
Repeating sequence of events
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- repetitionAct of redoing
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
iteration · intervals · regularity · reappearance · periodicity · succession · habitual · seasonal · annual · migration
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- memoriesStored past experiences
- classmatesStudents in same course
- alumniFormer school members
gathering · celebration · reminisce · reconnect · homecoming · fellowship · anniversary · photographs · yearbook · catch-up
substitutes
Replacements for originals
squad · roster · depth · reserves · starters · rehabilitation · veterans · seasoned · experienced · reinstated
- job seekersapplicants, candidates, job seekers, interviewees, prospects
- shoppersshoppers, bargain hunters, window shopper, impulse buyers, window shoppers
returnersdropouts
People who leave early
quitters · deserters · defectors · one-timers · one-and-dones
- returned the favor
- returned to formRegained prior excellence
- returned to dustReverted to base elements
- kick returnerPlayer fielding kickoffs
- punt returnerPlayer catching kicked balls
- returned packageUndelivered parcel sent back