Key and Return

Key

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Return and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Return noun - The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed.

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Key and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

old	old key	old return
safe	safe key	safe return
special	special key	special return
original	original key	original return
Other adjectives: true, proper, single, actual, real, big, blue, bad, dark, main, possible, last, different.

Homer is awarded the key to the city in an earlier episode, but is forced to return it.

Source: Cool Key
Return of the King has the Mordor theme (played in a minor key) change to a major key when it shows the destruction of Barad-dûr.

Source: Triumphant Reprise
It's Emperor Palpatine's theme from Return of the Jedi, in a major key instead of a minor key, with a children's choir backing it.

Source: Film / The Phantom Menace

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Return and Key. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/return

Key & Return. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/return>.

Return or Key. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/return.

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