Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reclaim
5 senses of reclaim
Sense 1
reclaim, repossess -- (claim back)
=> get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work")
Sense 2
reclaim, recover -- (reuse (materials from waste products))
=> recycle, reprocess, reuse -- (use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes")
Sense 3
reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify -- (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 4
reclaim -- (make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes")
=> convert -- (change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers")
Sense 5
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame -- (overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Antonyms of adj reclaimed
1 sense of reclaimed
Sense 1
rescued, reclaimed -- (delivered from danger)
INDIRECT (VIA saved) -> lost -- (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon")
Similarity of adj reclaimed
1 sense of reclaimed
Sense 1
rescued, reclaimed -- (delivered from danger)
=> saved (vs. lost) -- (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul")