Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boomerang

2 senses of boomerang

Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick -- (a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower)
       => projectile, missile -- (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)

Sense 2
backfire, boomerang -- (a miscalculation that recoils on its maker)
       => miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation -- (a mistake in calculating)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boomerang

1 sense of boomerang

Sense 1
boomerang -- (return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang)
       => return -- (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean")