Meanings
plural comebacks
- A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.
That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback.
1 more example
According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale comeback! It will be the girls' first Korean comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy."
2013 December 6, alim17, “Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014!”, in allkpop.com - hobbiesAn occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.
Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.
2011 February 5, Paul Fletcher, “Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal”, in BBC
- misspellingMisspelling of come back.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from come back.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رِيمُونْتَادَا
- رِيمُونْتَادَا (rīmūntādā)sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Bulgarian връщане, отговор
- връщане (vrăštane)return to fame etc.
- отговор (otgovor)retort or answer
- възражение (văzraženie)retort or answer
Catalan remuntada
- remuntadasports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Chinese Mandarin 東山再起 /东山再起, 機智回應 /机智回应
- 東山再起 /东山再起 (dōngshānzàiqǐ)return to fame etc.
- 機智回應 /机智回应 (jīzhì huíyìng)retort or answer
- 逆轉勝 /逆转胜sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Danish tilbagekomst, comeback
- tilbagekomstreturn to fame etc.
- comebackreturn to fame etc.
Finnish paluu, comeback
- paluureturn to fame etc.
- comebackreturn to fame etc.
- vastavetoretort or answer
- noususports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
French repartie, remontée
- repartieretort or answer
- remontéesports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
- comebacksports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
German Rückkehr, Comeback
- Rückkehrreturn to fame etc.
- Comebackreturn to fame etc.
- Retourkutscheretort or answer
Greek ανατροπή
- ανατροπή (anatropí)sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Hungarian visszavágás, riposzt
- visszavágásretort or answer
- riposztretort or answer
Icelandic endurkoma, afturkoma
- endurkomareturn to fame etc.
- afturkomareturn to fame etc.
Japanese 復活, カムバック
- 復活 (fukkatsu)return to fame etc.
- カムバック (kamubakku)return to fame etc.
Korean 재기, 컴백
- 재기 (jaegi)return to fame etc.
- 컴백 (keombaek)return to fame etc.
Māori kupu paremata
- kupu paremataretort or answer
Norwegian Bokmål comeback, gjenkomst
- comebackreturn to fame etc.
- gjenkomstreturn to fame etc.
- comebacksports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
- snuoperasjonsports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Persian کامبک
- کامبک (kâmbak)sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Polish comeback, riposta
- comebackreturn to fame etc.
- ripostaretort or answer
Portuguese virada
- viradasports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Russian возвраще́ние, камбэ́к
- возвраще́ние (vozvraščénije)return to fame etc.
- камбэ́к (kambɛ́k)return to fame etc.
- камбэк (kambɛk)sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Spanish retorno, repunte
- retornoreturn to fame etc.
- repuntereturn to fame etc.
- remontadasports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Swedish återkomst, comeback
- återkomstreturn to fame etc.
- comebackreturn to fame etc.
Ukrainian пове́рнення, камбе́к
- пове́рнення (povérnennja)return to fame etc.
- камбе́к (kambék)return to fame etc.
- камбе́к (kambék)sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage
Cite this entry
comeback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comeback
“comeback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comeback. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comeback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comeback.
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