comeback
(noun)
noun
1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Similar word(s): counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte
Definition categories: communication, reply, response
2. return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
Definition categories: act, reappearance, return
Sentences with comeback as a noun:
- That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback.
- I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.