Definitions

reacquire

VERB

recover

Synonyms

STRONGEST

get back reclaim recoup regain repair rescue restore resume retrieve salvage

STRONG

balance compensate offset recapture recruit redeem rediscover repossess retake

WEAK

bring back catch up make good obtain again reoccupy replevin replevy take back win back

Antonyms

STRONGEST

break damage destroy forfeit harm hurt injure lose

WEAK

decline deteriorate mislay miss wane

VERB

regain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

achieve attain gain reach recapture reclaim recoup recover retake return to take back win back

STRONG

compass recruit redeem repossess retrieve save

WEAK

get out from under get well make well reach again reattain

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon fail forfeit lose miss

VERB

repossess

Synonyms

STRONGEST

retake

STRONG

recapture reclaim recover retrieve

WEAK

get back obtain again

VERB

retrieve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bring back fetch recapture reclaim recover repair rescue restore salvage save

STRONG

recall recoup recruit redeem regain repossess

WEAK

win back

Antonyms

STRONGEST

break damage destroy endanger harm hurt injure lose waste

STRONG

forfeit

WEAK

give offer relinquish

Example Sentences

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Google previously spent $2.7 billion in September 2024 to reacquire Shazeer via his startup, Character.AI.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Strikingly, goannas are the only known lizard lineage to reacquire osteoderms after losing them.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

It is a habit that England don't want to reacquire.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The company, which owns 56 of the United States’ highest-grossing amphitheaters, has to divest 13 of those stages, release them from their exclusive Ticketmaster contracts, and agree never to reacquire them.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

"If the comm system goes out during ascent, the time it takes to reacquire will be too long to do any good. The backups don't help us."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

reacquire

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