Nearby Words
retro cede
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recede |
| Synonyms: | abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, die off, diminish, drain away, draw back, drop*, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, flow back, go away, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, return, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ebb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subside; decline |
| Synonyms: | abate, decay, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, die down, die out, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease off, fade away, fall, fall away, fall back, flag, flow back, go out, languish, lessen, let up, melt, moderate, peter out, recede, relent, retire, retreat, retrocede, shrink, sink, slacken, wane, weaken, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | flow, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | fall back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retreat |
| Synonyms: | back, draw back, give back, recede, recoil, retire, retrocede, retrograde, surrender, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, progress |
| Main Entry: | recede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw; diminish |
| Synonyms: | abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, die off, diminish, drain away, draw back, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, flow back, go away, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, return, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane |
| Antonyms: | advance, forge, forward, increase |
| Main Entry: | retract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; renege on |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change one's mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat one's words, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on, have change of heart, nig, pull back, pull in, recall, recant, recede, reel in, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, rule out, sheathe, suspend, take back, take in, unsay, welsh, withdraw |
| Notes: | recant means to formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, while retract means to take back or to draw back or in |
| Antonyms: | corroborate, emphasize, reaffirm, repeat |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull back, go away |
| Synonyms: | abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, beat it, cave in, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, give ground, go, go along with, go back, hand over, hide, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, leave, move back, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, run, seclude oneself, sequester, shrink, start back, turn tail, vacate, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | advance, face, forge, meet |
| Main Entry: | backpedal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | backtrack |
| Synonyms: | about-face, back, change, fall back, rethink, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | backtrack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | backpedal |
| Synonyms: | about-face, back, change, fall back, rethink, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, withdraw |
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