go back

1. 1.

   belong to an earlier time

   “This story dates back 200 years”

   Synonymsdate backdate from

   Broaderoriginate

   Narrowerascend
2. 2.

   return in thought or speech to something

   Synonymsrecur

   Broaderhark back
3. 3.

   regain a former condition after a financial loss

   “We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90”

   “The company managed to recuperate”

   Synonymsrecoverrecuperate

   Broaderrevert

   Narrowerrally

Questions about go back

What does go back mean?

go back means "belong to an earlier time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go back?

Close synonyms include date back, date from, recur, recover, recuperate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go back a common word?

go back is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.