Word Finder - comeback

definition

A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.

example

That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback.

definition

A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.

example

I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.

synonyms

• rejoinder
• retort

definition

An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.

You always have a comeback.

He couldn't think of an appropriate comeback and found himself staring down at her drink.

I was not expecting her comment to be so witty and the only comeback I had was, "Touché."

Just about everyone is happy to see color, bright, vibrant color, make a comeback.

She hesitated, trying to think of a good comeback.

After falling out of favor during the 20th century, breastfeeding has made a comeback, and rightly so.

Feathered hair has yet to make a comeback in the men's hair category, but gone will never mean forgotten.

Modern under counter electric can openers are greatly improved over previous models and as such have made a huge comeback into the American kitchen.

Will daytime soaps eventually make a comeback?

In today's weight obsessed culture, corsets are making a comeback as a body-slimming device and a growing subculture of tightlacers is developing.

Vintage lingerie is not only making a comeback on the Internet, but also in lingerie stores nationwide.

In 1968, Elvis staged a comeback concert in an attempt to reposition himself as a musician rather than a movie/musical star.

On August 16, 1977, on the eve of another comeback tour, Elvis overdosed on prescription medication and died.

After a successful musical comeback and a few endorsement deals, it looks like Spears is here to stay.

In 1999, he was shot nine times and then dropped from Columbia Records before making a comeback.

Well, that's actually good advice, as these pesky little parasitic insects are making a comeback.

Including majorettes in school bands is making a comeback after a lull in recent years and the role of the majorette team is growing.

The company states this quite plainly in their replies, thereby they have a way to absolve themselves of any potential comeback.

Britney has failed to set the charts alight with her comeback track Me Against The Music.

During this period Frankie should have cemented his comeback with a cameo appearance that would have been seen the world over.

Indiana Jones is about to make a pretty big comeback.

Were you roundly booed in Stoke during the first comeback gig - why?

Britney to design baby clothes Britney Spears is planning to launch her own designs in baby clothes in a career comeback.

Match of the day was a stirring comeback from Thierry Lincou that fell just short against world number one Amr Shabana.

Those whose sites get de-indexed anticipate a major comeback.

John mounted another comeback with 1992's The One, which went double platinum.

He made a brief comeback in 1970 in a show called Jokers Wild.

The old Plaid Cymru guard are talking about staging a comeback in a last ditch attempt to save the party.

Rangers produced a stirring second-half comeback to claim maximum points away to reigning champions Cogenhoe.

In an admirable display of defense in the second half Bedford resisted a spirited comeback from Epsom conceding just one late try.

Barrister and wit F.E. Smith was the master of the snappy comeback.

Following last season's unfortunate relegation to Division 2, the Academicals are planning a triumphant comeback.

Embrace are set to celebrate their remarkable comeback with a major outdoor gig right in the heart of Leeds.

Brian Deane could make a surprise comeback on the bench.

Of course, Intel did have a few years to plan its comeback and sort out a new CPU and memory architecture.

Reading bettered this comeback on Sunday, overturning a 2-0 half time deficit, to overcome Germany's Club an der Alster 4-3.

So does the comeback kid think he could pull it off one more time?

The 26-year-old from Canberra is on a comeback trail after a two-year layoff caused by a mystery back ailment.

We believe that seltzer water is primed for a comeback.

Grainger, who has been sidelined for months due to injury is making a comeback to Kuala Lumpur.

Winter was certainly a thing of the past at Celine with the comeback of super sweet tutti frutti colors to make your mouth water.

Smarten up your outfit with a tuxedo suit, which are making a comeback this season.

Unfortunately the comeback was short lived as the Eagles wrested back the initiative.

Many insiders feel that rare coins are poised to make a comeback in price appreciation due to the highly cyclical nature of the market.

According to most fashionistas, fur vests (both real and fake) are set to make a big comeback this 2010 holiday season.

The lamps did not make a comeback until the early 1950's, almost 20 years after Louis Comfort Tiffany's death in 1933.

Now considered "retro," 80s makeup is making a comeback, although slightly updated to suit the times.

Kefir, a milk product cultured predominantly with bifidobacterium strains has made a major comeback in the United States' market.

However, only the greatest of athletes could have accomplished what he has, winning three championships, retiring, then mounting a comeback and winning an additional three championships, as well as all of his other accolades.

In what many people consider the comeback of a lifetime, Kiefer Sutherland burst onto the scene in 2001 in the experimental Fox action-drama 24.