comeback

Speech parts

1. comeback - Noun

2. comeback - Verb

Meaning

return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

return counter replication retort rejoinder riposte renaissance echo response quip volta repartee renascence reaction answer
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Antonyms

rob death cost blight decimation question
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Hypernyms

return response reply reappearance

Hyponyms

mouth lip sass backtalk back talk sassing

Phrases with the word

snappy comeback pop comeback on the comeback trail comeback participant witty comeback turn a setback into a comeback

Examples

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been. Billie Holiday

The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there. Mick Taylor

I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback. Pam Grier

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance. Rachel Griffiths

And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people. Taylor Dane

Well, any good comeback needs some true believers. John Boehner

Close letter words and terms

comeatable Comeau Comeaux comeback contender comeback kid comeback money