RETRIEVE Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word retrieve. (close relations)
Definition of RETRIEVE
Best Alternative Words for RETRIEVE
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| find | verbv | |||||||
noun • a productive insight • the act of discovering something verb • come upon, as if by accident; meet with • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes • come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost • establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study • come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds • perceive or be contemporaneous with • get something or somebody for a specific purpose • make a discovery, make a new finding • obtain through effort or management • decide on and make a declaration about • receive a specified treatment (abstract) • perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place • get or find back; recover the use of • succeed in reaching; arrive at • accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation | ||||||||
| recover | verbv | |||||||
verb • cover anew • get or find back; recover the use of • get over an illness or shock • regain a former condition after a financial loss • regain or make up for • reuse (materials from waste products) | ||||||||
| regain | verbv | |||||||
verb • get or find back; recover the use of • come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost | ||||||||
| fetch | verbv | |||||||
noun • the action of fetching verb • go or come after and bring or take back • be sold for a certain price • remove | ||||||||
| reclaim | verbv | |||||||
verb • claim back • reuse (materials from waste products) • bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one • make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state • overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | ||||||||
| get back | verbv | |||||||
verb • recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost • take revenge or even out a score • get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury | ||||||||
| recall | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) • a call to return • a bugle call that signals troops to return • the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) • the act of removing an official by petition verb • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection • go back to something earlier • bring to mind • summon to return • cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression • make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution • cause to be returned | ||||||||
| recollect | verbv | |||||||
verb • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | ||||||||
| remember | verbv | |||||||
verb • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection • keep in mind for attention or consideration • recapture the past; indulge in memories • show appreciation to • mention favorably, as in prayer • mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship • exercise, or have the power of, memory • call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | ||||||||
| think | verbv | |||||||
noun • an instance of deliberate thinking verb • judge or regard; look upon; judge • expect, believe, or suppose • use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection • imagine or visualize • focus one's attention on a certain state • have in mind as a purpose • decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting • ponder; reflect on, or reason about • dispose the mind in a certain way • have or formulate in the mind • be capable of conscious thought • bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation | ||||||||
| call up | verbv | |||||||
noun • an order to report for military duty verb • bring forward for consideration • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection • cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively • call to arms; of military personnel | ||||||||
