What are the opposite words for reach?
The word "reach" has a variety of antonyms depending on the context in which it is used. In terms of extending or stretching out to touch something or someone, antonyms may include contract, shorten, withdraw, or recede. When used to refer to a goal or target, antonyms can include miss, fail, or fall short. In the context of achieving success or attaining something, antonyms may include forfeit, lose, or surrender. If indicating a physical or geographical location, antonyms may include depart, escape, or move away. The antonyms of "reach" may vary depending on the context, but they often serve to represent the opposite of what the word signifies.
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relapse
- recidivate,
- turn back,
- recidivates,
- turned back,
- am overtaken,
- are overtaken,
- art overtaken,
- be overtaken,
- being overtaken,
- is overtaken,
- re lapse,
- re lapsed,
- re lapses,
- re lapsing,
- re-lapse,
- re-lapsed,
- re-lapses,
- re-lapsing,
- recidivating,
- slid back,
- slidden back,
- slide back,
- slides back,
- sliding back,
- slip back,
- slipped back,
- slips back,
- turning back,
- turns back,
- was overtaken,
- were overtaken,
- wert overtaken.
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fail
- close down,
- defalcate,
- failed,
- fall flat,
- fall short,
- fall through,
- go up,
- go wrong,
- overdraw,
- run aground,
- Defalcated,
- Defalcating,
- Faulted,
- Floundered,
- Funking,
- Overdrew,
- Overdrawn,
- Overdrawing,
- Overpassed,
- Overpassing,
- defalcates,
- funked,
- lose out,
- be defeated,
- go astray,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- go up in smoke,
- meet with disaster,
- falling short,
- going up,
- go out of business,
- am arrears,
- hit bottom,
- am cleaned out,
- am defeated,
- am demoted,
- am in arrears,
- am ruined,
- am taken cleaners,
- am taken the cleaners,
- am taken to cleaners,
- am taken to the cleaners,
- am vain,
- are arrears,
- are cleaned out,
- are defeated,
- are demoted,
- are found lacking,
- are in arrears,
- are in vain,
- are ruined,
- are taken cleaners,
- are taken the cleaners,
- are taken to cleaners,
- are taken to the cleaners,
- are vain,
- art arrears,
- art cleaned out,
- art defeated,
- art demoted,
- art found lacking,
- art in arrears,
- art in vain,
- art ruined,
- art taken cleaners,
- art taken the cleaners,
- art taken to cleaners,
- art taken to the cleaners,
- art vain,
- back wrong horse,
- backed wrong horse,
- backing wrong horse,
- backs wrong horse,
- be arrears,
- be cleaned out,
- be demoted,
- be found lacking,
- be in arrears,
- be in vain,
- be ruined,
- be taken cleaners,
- be taken the cleaners,
- be taken to cleaners,
- be taken to the cleaners,
- be vain,
- became insolvent,
- become insolvent,
- becomes insolvent,
- becoming insolvent,
- being arrears,
- being cleaned out,
- being defeated,
- being demoted,
- being found lacking,
- being in arrears,
- being in vain,
- being ruined,
- being taken cleaners,
- being taken the cleaners,
- being taken to cleaners,
- being taken to the cleaners,
- being vain,
- brake one word,
- brake one's word,
- brake ones word,
- brake word,
- break one word,
- break one's word,
- break ones word,
- break word,
- breaking one word,
- breaking one's word,
- breaking ones word,
- breaking word,
- breaks one word,
- breaks one's word,
- breaks ones word,
- breaks word,
- broke one word,
- broke one's word,
- broke ones word,
- broke word,
- came naught,
- came nothing,
- came to naught,
- came to nothing,
- close doors,
- close one doors,
- close one's doors,
- close ones doors,
- closed doors,
- closed down,
- closed one doors,
- closed one's doors,
- closed ones doors,
- closes doors,
- closes down,
- closes one doors,
- closes one's doors,
- closes ones doors,
- closing doors,
- closing down,
- closing one doors,
- closing one's doors,
- closing ones doors,
- come naught,
- come nothing,
- comes naught,
- comes nothing,
- comes to naught,
- comes to nothing,
- coming naught,
- coming nothing,
- coming to naught,
- coming to nothing,
- de falcate,
- de falcated,
- de fault,
- de faulted,
- de faulting,
- de faults,
- de sert,
- de-falcate,
- de-falcated,
- de-fault,
- de-faulted,
- de-faulting,
- de-faults,
- de-sert,
- dis appoint,
- dis appointed,
- dis appointing,
- dis appoints,
- dis counted,
- dis counting,
- dis counts,
- dis honor,
- dis honored,
- dis honoring,
- dis honors,
- dis regard,
- dis regarded,
- dis regarding,
- dis regards,
- dis-appoint,
- dis-appointed,
- dis-appointing,
- dis-appoints,
- dis-counted,
- dis-counting,
- dis-counts,
- dis-honor,
- dis-honored,
- dis-honoring,
- dis-honors,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regarded,
- dis-regarding,
- dis-regards,
- drop a bundle,
- drop bundle,
- dropped a bundle,
- dropped bundle,
- dropping a bundle,
- dropping bundle,
- drops a bundle,
- drops bundle,
- dropt a bundle,
- dropt bundle,
- falling flat,
- falling through,
- falls flat,
- falls short,
- falls through,
- fell flat,
- fell short,
- fell through,
- go bankrupt,
- go belly up,
- go bust,
- go down swinging,
- go in smoke,
- go in to chapter 11,
- go smoke,
- go the wall,
- go to the wall,
- go to wall,
- go up smoke,
- goes astray,
- goes bankrupt,
- goes belly up,
- goes broke,
- goes bust,
- goes down swinging,
- goes in smoke,
- goes in to chapter 11,
- goes into chapter 11,
- goes out business,
- goes smoke,
- goes to the wall,
- goes to wall,
- goes up,
- goes up in smoke,
- goes up smoke,
- goes wall,
- goes wrong,
- going astray,
- going bankrupt,
- going belly up,
- going broke,
- going bust,
- going down swinging,
- going in smoke,
- going out business,
- going smoke,
- going the wall,
- going up in smoke,
- going up smoke,
- going wrong,
- hits bottom,
- hits skids,
- hitting bottom,
- is cleaned out,
- is defeated,
- is demoted,
- is found lacking,
- is in arrears,
- is in vain,
- is ruined,
- is taken cleaners,
- is taken to cleaners,
- is vain,
- lose control,
- lose ones shirt,
- lose shirt,
- lose status,
- loses control,
- loses out,
- loses status,
- losing big,
- losing control,
- losing out,
- losing status,
- lost big,
- lost control,
- lost out,
- lost status,
- meeting with disaster,
- meets with disaster,
- met with disaster,
- mis carried,
- mis carries,
- mis carry,
- mis carrying,
- mis-carry,
- mis-carrying,
- miss boat,
- miss the boat,
- missed boat,
- missed the boat,
- misses boat,
- misses the boat,
- missing boat,
- missing the boat,
- over draw,
- over drawing,
- over draws,
- over drew,
- over look,
- over looked,
- over looks,
- over pass,
- over passed,
- over passes,
- over passing,
- over-draw,
- over-drawing,
- over-drawn,
- over-draws,
- over-drew,
- over-look,
- over-looking,
- over-looks,
- over-pass,
- over-passed,
- over-passes,
- over-passing,
- overdraws,
- overpast,
- play in to,
- play into,
- played in to,
- played into,
- playing in to,
- playing into,
- plays in to,
- plays into,
- ran aground,
- running aground,
- runs aground,
- turn out badly,
- turned out badly,
- turning out badly,
- turns out badly,
- was cleaned out,
- was defeated,
- was demoted,
- was found lacking,
- was in vain,
- was ruined,
- was taken cleaners,
- was taken the cleaners,
- was taken to cleaners,
- was taken to the cleaners,
- was vain,
- wast cleaned out,
- wast defeated,
- wast demoted,
- wast found lacking,
- wast in arrears,
- wast in vain,
- wast ruined,
- wast taken cleaners,
- wast taken the cleaners,
- wast taken to cleaners,
- wast vain,
- went astray,
- went bankrupt,
- went broke,
- went bust,
- went down swinging,
- went in smoke,
- went in to chapter 11,
- went into chapter 11,
- went out business,
- went out of business,
- went smoke,
- went the wall,
- went to the wall,
- went up in smoke,
- went up smoke,
- went wall,
- went wrong,
- were arrears,
- were cleaned out,
- were defeated,
- were demoted,
- were found lacking,
- were in arrears,
- were in vain,
- were ruined,
- were taken cleaners,
- were taken the cleaners,
- were taken to cleaners,
- were taken to the cleaners,
- were vain,
- wert arrears,
- wert defeated,
- wert demoted,
- wert found lacking,
- wert in arrears,
- wert in vain,
- wert ruined,
- wert taken cleaners,
- wert taken to the cleaners,
- wert vain.
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die
- break down,
- dilapidate,
- ease off,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fizzle out,
- go bad,
- run low,
- wearing away,
- Dilapidating,
- dilapidates,
- melt away,
- running low,
- breaking down,
- brake down,
- breaks down,
- broke down,
- dis appear,
- dis appeared,
- dis appearing,
- dis appears,
- dis-appear,
- dis-appeared,
- dis-appearing,
- dis-appears,
- eased off,
- eases off,
- easing off,
- ex pire,
- ex-pire,
- faded out,
- fades out,
- fading out,
- fizzled out,
- fizzles out,
- fizzling out,
- goes bad,
- going bad,
- loses power,
- losing power,
- lost power,
- melted away,
- melting away,
- melts away,
- ran low,
- went bad.
- arrive at
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decline
- Disimprove,
- Retrograded,
- Retrograding,
- Re-turn,
- go to pot,
- went downhill,
- goes downhill,
- go downhill,
- going downhill,
- retrogrades,
- going to pot,
- de cay,
- de cays,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de crease,
- de creased,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- de generate,
- de generated,
- de generates,
- de generating,
- de-cay,
- de-cays,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- de-crease,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- de-creasing,
- de-generate,
- de-generated,
- de-generates,
- de-generating,
- dis improve,
- dis improved,
- dis improves,
- dis improving,
- dis integrate,
- dis integrated,
- dis integrates,
- dis integrating,
- dis-improve,
- dis-improved,
- dis-improves,
- dis-improving,
- dis-integrate,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-integrates,
- dis-integrating,
- disimproved,
- disimproves,
- disimproving,
- go dogs,
- go the dogs,
- go to dogs,
- goes dogs,
- goes pot,
- goes the dogs,
- goes to dogs,
- goes to pot,
- goes to the dogs,
- going dogs,
- going pot,
- going the dogs,
- going to dogs,
- going to the dogs,
- hit skids,
- hit the skids,
- hits the skids,
- hitting skids,
- hitting the skids,
- losing value,
- lost value,
- re cedes,
- re ceding,
- re turn,
- re turning,
- re turns,
- re-cede,
- re-ceded,
- re-cedes,
- re-ceding,
- re-turned,
- re-turning,
- re-turns,
- retro grade,
- retro graded,
- retro grades,
- retro grading,
- retro-graded,
- retro-grades,
- retro-grading,
- sub side,
- sub sided,
- sub sides,
- sub-sides,
- went dogs,
- went pot,
- went the dogs,
- went to dogs,
- went to pot,
- went to the dogs.
- faint
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droop
- sag.
-
fade
- die away,
- fag out,
- tucker out,
- wasting away,
- Evanish,
- waste away,
- dying away,
- slacking off,
- wasted away,
- awaying,
- aways,
- die on vine,
- die vine,
- died away,
- died on vine,
- died vine,
- dieing away,
- dieing on vine,
- dieing vine,
- dies away,
- dies on vine,
- dies vine,
- dis perse,
- dis solve,
- dis solved,
- dis solves,
- dis solving,
- dis-perse,
- dis-solve,
- dis-solved,
- dis-solves,
- dis-solving,
- dying on vine,
- dying vine,
- evanished,
- evanishes,
- fagged out,
- fagging out,
- fags out,
- on vine,
- slacked off,
- slacks off,
- tuckering out,
- tuckers out,
- wastes away.
-
fall
- cave in,
- drop down,
- falls,
- fold up,
- give up,
- give way,
- hit the dirt,
- lay down,
- lie down,
- nose dive,
- obey,
- take place,
- Re sign,
- obeys,
- came to pass,
- took place,
- come to pass,
- nose-dives,
- comes to pass,
- takes place,
- nose-diving,
- coming to pass,
- taking place,
- lying down,
- defer to,
- caving in,
- eat dirt,
- be lost,
- deferring to,
- giving way,
- falling to pieces,
- am casualty,
- am destroyed,
- am killed,
- am lost,
- am precipitated,
- am taken,
- are casualty,
- are destroyed,
- are killed,
- are precipitated,
- are taken,
- art casualty,
- art destroyed,
- art killed,
- art lost,
- art precipitated,
- art taken,
- ate dirt,
- be came,
- be casualty,
- be come,
- be comes,
- be coming,
- be destroyed,
- be fall,
- be fallen,
- be falling,
- be falls,
- be fell,
- be killed,
- be precipitated,
- be taken,
- be-came,
- be-come,
- be-comes,
- be-coming,
- be-fall,
- be-fallen,
- be-falling,
- be-falls,
- be-fell,
- being casualty,
- being destroyed,
- being killed,
- being lost,
- being precipitated,
- being taken,
- came pass,
- caved in,
- caves in,
- come pass,
- comes pass,
- coming pass,
- deferred to,
- defers to,
- dropped down,
- dropping down,
- drops down,
- dropt down,
- eating dirt,
- eats dirt,
- fall pieces,
- fall to pieces,
- falls pieces,
- fell pieces,
- fell to pieces,
- folded up,
- folding up,
- folds up,
- gave way,
- hits dirt,
- hits the dirt,
- hitting the dirt,
- is casualty,
- is destroyed,
- is killed,
- is lost,
- is precipitated,
- is taken,
- lied down,
- lies down,
- nose dives,
- nose diving,
- nose dove,
- nose-dive,
- nose-dove,
- nosedived,
- nosediving,
- nosedove,
- pass in to enemy hands,
- pass into enemy hands,
- passed in to enemy hands,
- passed into enemy hands,
- passes in to enemy hands,
- passes into enemy hands,
- passing in to enemy hands,
- passing into enemy hands,
- re signed,
- re signing,
- re signs,
- re-signed,
- re-signs,
- take a header,
- take header,
- takes a header,
- takes header,
- taking a header,
- taking header,
- tipped over,
- tipping over,
- tips over,
- took a header,
- took header,
- top pled,
- was casualty,
- was destroyed,
- was killed,
- was lost,
- was precipitated,
- was taken,
- wast casualty,
- wast destroyed,
- wast killed,
- wast lost,
- wast taken,
- were casualty,
- were destroyed,
- were killed,
- were lost,
- were precipitated,
- were taken,
- wert casualty,
- wert destroyed,
- wert killed,
- wert lost,
- wert precipitated,
- wert taken.
- sag
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wane
- atrophied,
- die down,
- die out,
- downed,
- downing,
- draw close,
- died down,
- dies down,
- dying down,
- atrophying,
- OUTS,
- Downs,
- outed,
- wind down,
- died out,
- dieing down,
- dieing out,
- dies out,
- draw a close,
- draw to a close,
- draw to close,
- drawing a close,
- drawing close,
- drawing to a close,
- drawing to close,
- draws a close,
- draws close,
- draws to a close,
- draws to close,
- drew a close,
- drew close,
- drew to a close,
- drew to close,
- dying out,
- winded down,
- winding down,
- winds down,
- wound down.
- lose consciousness
- communicate with
- lessen, become less
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wither, dwindle
- die.
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dwindle, die out
- fade.
-
be unsuccessful
- fail.
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descend; become lower
- fall.
- attain; rise
- stretch to; touch
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diminish, lessen
- wane.
- extent, range; stretch
- Other relevant words
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Other antonyms
- break down,
- cave in,
- close down,
- decline,
- die,
- drop down,
- fall,
- go up,
- nose dive,
- obey,
- take place,
- come to pass,
- nose-dive.
Antonym of the day
bi lateral
- Antonyms:
- multilateral, unilateral, detached.