up, rally, recruit; improve, get better, get well, heal, mend, be on the mend, be on the road to recovery, regain one's strength; revive, come back, resurge, resurrect, be on the rise; come around, pull through, come through, take a turn for the better, take a favorable turn; turn the corner, make a comeback, Inf. snap out of it, Inf get back on one's feet, Inf. bounce back, Inf. feel one's oats again; take a fresh or new lease on life, come to, get back in shape, return to health.
2. regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, refresh; reanimate, resuscitate, revivify, revive, bring back to life. recuperative, adj. corrective, restorative, revivatory, reviviscent, recuperatory. recur, v. 1. occur again, re-occur, persist, continue, reappear, persevere; alternate, come in turn, intermit; repeat, return, come and go, Dial, come 'round.
2. be remembered, return to the mind, flash across the memory, intrude on one's thoughts; live or dwell in memory, haunt one's thoughts, never leave one's mind for long, run through one's mind; be recollected, come back when least expected; trouble, vex, harass, badger, rankle one's thoughts. recurrent, adj. repeated, repetitious, repetitive, persistent, continual, frequent; haunting, incessant, reechoing, rhythmic, pulsative, pulsating, throbbing, regular as clockwork; renewed, cyclical, periodic, periodical, seasonal, regular; alternate, coming again and again; returning at intervals, intermittent, reappearing, continuous, chronic, remittent, ceaseless; iterative, reiterative, reiterated, habitual, like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom. red, adj. 1. reddish, crimson, cardinal, Fr. rouge, Heraldry gules, carmine, Tyrian; rubescent, rufous, rufescent, rubicund, amaranthine; vinaceous, wine-colored, claret-colored, port-wine; scarlet, ruby, vermilion, vermeil, russet, cherry, cochineal, maroon; murrey, stammel, auburn, Titian; pink, salmon, coral; lobster-red, fire-engine red, beet-red.
2. rosy, roseate, flushed, hot, red-hot, hectic, feverish, fevered, febrile, fiery, burning; blooming, glowing, florid, blowzy; sunburned, burnt, ruddy, redfaced.
3. sanguine, bloody, incarnadine, gory; ensanguined, blood-red, bloodstained, bloodshot.
4. red-haired, redheaded, red-bearded; chestnut, carroty, rusty, brick-red, lateritious; strawberry, strawberry blond, sandy.
5. embarrassed, blushing, flushed, sheepish, red in the face, Inf slapped.
6. radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, left, leftist, left-leaning, extremist, ultra, U.S. SI. pink, U.S. SI. pinko; communist, Soviet, Russian, Bolshevist; Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist, Trotskyist, Maoist.
7. sore, raw, chafed, inflamed, open, blistered; smarting, irritating, burning, fiery; sensitive, tender, tingling, algetic.
-n. 8. redness, reddishness, rubricity, rubicundi-ty, Heraldry, gules, Fr. rouge, rubor; ruddiness, floridness, floridity, color, rosiness, flush, blush.
9. see red Informal, get mad, get angry, madden, rile, become enraged, lash into a fury, become irritated, become exasperated; seethe, boil, explode, burst. redeem, v. 1. retrieve, regain, buy back, recover, reclaim; repay, make good, pay in full, pay off, cover, make the final payment.
2. ransom, rescue, save, deliver, liberate, emancipate, free, set free, release; extricate, repossess, Law.