What are the opposite words for recede?
Recede is a verb that means to move back or retreat. Its antonyms are advance, progress, approach, and move forward. Advance is the opposite of recede because it means to move forward, make progress, and improve. Progress is a synonym for advance and means to move forward towards a goal or objective. Approach is another antonym for recede because it means to come closer to something. Finally, move forward is an informal antonym for recede that means to make progress and move ahead. These antonyms give us a clear idea of how recede can be used in contrast to different actions.
- contract
-
arrive
- get.
-
increase
- jump,
- mark up,
- slap on,
- snowball,
- tack on,
- tripling,
- Tripled,
- dis tend,
- dis tended,
- dis tending,
- dis tends,
- dis-tend,
- dis-tended,
- dis-tending,
- dis-tends,
- in crease,
- in creases,
- in creasing,
- in-crease,
- in-creased,
- in-creases,
- marked up,
- marking up,
- marks up,
- pro long,
- pro longing,
- pro longs,
- pro tract,
- pro tracts,
- pro-long,
- pro-longed,
- pro-longing,
- pro-longs,
- pro-tract,
- pro-tracts,
- re double,
- re doubled,
- re doubles,
- re doubling,
- re-double,
- re-doubled,
- re-doubles,
- re-doubling,
- slapped on,
- slapping on,
- tacked on,
- tacking on,
- tacks on.
-
improve
- come around,
- doctor up,
- re-formed,
- straighten out,
- Re-forming,
- shape up,
- set right,
- came around,
- comes around,
- coming around,
- doctored up,
- doctoring up,
- doctors up,
- made strides,
- make strides,
- makes strides,
- re cover,
- re covered,
- re covering,
- re fine,
- re fined,
- re fines,
- re form,
- re formed,
- re forming,
- re forms,
- re vamped,
- re vamps,
- re vise,
- re vised,
- re vising,
- re-cover,
- re-covered,
- re-covering,
- re-covers,
- re-fine,
- re-fines,
- re-fining,
- re-forms,
- re-vamp,
- re-vamped,
- re-vamping,
- re-vamps,
- re-vise,
- re-vised,
- re-vising,
- setting right,
- shapes up,
- shaping up,
- straightened out,
- straightens out,
- turn the corner,
- turned corner,
- turned the corner,
- turning corner,
- turns corner,
- turns the corner,
- up date,
- up dated,
- up dates,
- up dating,
- up-date,
- up-dates.
- back
- recede
-
originate
- be born,
- birthed,
- hail from,
- am born,
- are born,
- art born,
- being born,
- came in to existence,
- came into existence,
- come in to existence,
- come into existence,
- comes in to existence,
- comes into existence,
- coming in to existence,
- coming into existence,
- de rive,
- de rived,
- de rives,
- de riving,
- de-rive,
- de-rived,
- de-rives,
- de-riving,
- hailing from,
- hails from,
- is born,
- was born,
- wast born,
- were born,
- wert born.
- die
- disappear
-
extend
- jut.
-
prosper
- catch on,
- do well,
- make good,
- bearing fruit,
- making money,
- be enriched,
- bear fruit,
- become wealthy,
- do wonders,
- fare well,
- make money,
- turn out well,
- am enriched,
- are enriched,
- bare fruit,
- beared fruit,
- bears fruit,
- became rich,
- became wealthy,
- become rich,
- becomes rich,
- becomes wealthy,
- becoming rich,
- becoming wealthy,
- being enriched,
- bore fruit,
- catches on,
- catching on,
- caught on,
- did well,
- did wonders,
- didst well,
- didst wonders,
- does well,
- does wonders,
- doest well,
- doest wonders,
- doeth well,
- doeth wonders,
- doing well,
- doing wonders,
- dost well,
- dost wonders,
- doth well,
- doth wonders,
- fared well,
- fares well,
- faring well,
- feather nest,
- feathered nest,
- feathering nest,
- feathers nest,
- grow rich,
- growing rich,
- hit it big,
- hits big,
- hits it big,
- hitting big,
- hitting it big,
- is enriched,
- made mark,
- made money,
- make mark,
- makes good,
- makes mark,
- making good,
- making mark,
- turned out well,
- turning out well,
- turns out well,
- was enriched,
- wast enriched,
- were enriched,
- wert enriched.
- decline
- do well
- draw back
- jut
-
rise
- crop up,
- go up,
- pile up,
- push up,
- roll out,
- rolled out,
- speed up,
- speeded up,
- stack up,
- take arms,
- take up arms,
- Intensated,
- Intensating,
- Intensate,
- flare up,
- pile out,
- standing up,
- going up,
- upsurging,
- piled up,
- go through the roof,
- sitting up,
- am elevated,
- am erect,
- am located,
- am promoted,
- sit up,
- am situated,
- are elevated,
- are erect,
- are located,
- are promoted,
- are situated,
- art located,
- art promoted,
- art situated,
- be elevated,
- be erect,
- be ginning,
- be gun,
- be located,
- be promoted,
- be situated,
- be-ginning,
- be-gun,
- being elevated,
- being erect,
- being located,
- being promoted,
- being situated,
- better oneself,
- bettered oneself,
- bettering oneself,
- betters oneself,
- pushed up,
- climb ladder,
- climb the ladder,
- climbed ladder,
- climbed the ladder,
- climbing ladder,
- climbing the ladder,
- climbs ladder,
- climbs the ladder,
- cropped up,
- cropping up,
- crops up,
- cropt up,
- flared up,
- flares up,
- flaring up,
- gat feet,
- gat one feet,
- gat out bed,
- gat out of bed,
- gat somewhere,
- gat steeper,
- gat to feet,
- gat to one feet,
- gat to one's feet,
- gat to ones feet,
- get feet,
- get one feet,
- get one's feet,
- get ones feet,
- get out bed,
- get out of bed,
- get somewhere,
- get to feet,
- get to one feet,
- get to one's feet,
- get to ones feet,
- gets feet,
- gets one feet,
- gets one's feet,
- gets ones feet,
- gets out bed,
- gets out of bed,
- gets steeper,
- gets to feet,
- gets to one's feet,
- gets to ones feet,
- getting one's feet,
- getting ones feet,
- getting out bed,
- getting out of bed,
- getting somewhere,
- getting steeper,
- getting to one feet,
- getting to one's feet,
- getting to ones feet,
- go through roof,
- go uphill,
- goes through roof,
- goes through the roof,
- goes up,
- goes uphill,
- going through roof,
- going through the roof,
- going uphill,
- got feet,
- got one feet,
- got ones feet,
- got out bed,
- got out of bed,
- got somewhere,
- got to feet,
- got to one's feet,
- got to ones feet,
- gotten feet,
- gotten one's feet,
- gotten ones feet,
- gotten out bed,
- gotten out of bed,
- gotten somewhere,
- gotten to feet,
- gotten to one feet,
- gotten to one's feet,
- had foundation,
- haddest foundation,
- hadst foundation,
- has foundation,
- hast foundation,
- hath foundation,
- have foundation,
- having foundation,
- insurrected,
- insurrects,
- intensates,
- is elevated,
- is erect,
- is located,
- is promoted,
- is situated,
- piled out,
- piles out,
- piles up,
- piling out,
- pushes up,
- re volt,
- re volts,
- re-volt,
- re-volts,
- reach up,
- reached up,
- reaches up,
- reaching up,
- rise shine,
- rises up,
- rising up,
- rolling out,
- rolls out,
- rose up,
- sate up,
- sits up,
- slope upwards,
- sloped upwards,
- slopes upwards,
- sloping upwards,
- sped up,
- speeding up,
- speeds up,
- stacked up,
- stacking up,
- stacks up,
- stands up,
- stood up,
- straightened up,
- straightening up,
- sur face,
- sur faced,
- sur faces,
- sur facing,
- sur mount,
- sur mounted,
- sur mounting,
- sur mounts,
- sur-face,
- sur-faced,
- sur-facing,
- sur-mount,
- sur-mounted,
- sur-mounting,
- sur-mounts,
- sweep upward,
- sweeping upward,
- sweeps upward,
- swept upward,
- takes arms,
- takes up arms,
- taking up arms,
- took arms,
- took up arms,
- up spring,
- up springing,
- up springs,
- up surge,
- up surged,
- up surges,
- up surging,
- up-sprang,
- up-spring,
- up-springing,
- up-surge,
- up-surged,
- up-surges,
- up-surging,
- upsurged,
- was elevated,
- was erect,
- was located,
- was promoted,
- was situated,
- wast elevated,
- wast erect,
- wast located,
- wast situated,
- went through roof,
- went through the roof,
- went up,
- were elevated,
- were erect,
- were located,
- were promoted,
- were situated,
- wert elevated,
- wert erect,
- wert located,
- wert promoted,
- wert situated,
- work one way up,
- work one's way up,
- work ones way up,
- work way up,
- worked ones way up,
- worked way up,
- working one way up,
- working one's way up,
- working ones way up,
- working way up,
- works one way up,
- works one's way up,
- works ones way up,
- works way up,
- wrought one way up,
- wrought one's way up,
- wrought ones way up,
- wrought way up.
- wax
- abate
-
come
- bob up,
- clock in,
- close in,
- closed in,
- come over,
- draw near,
- fall in,
- make it,
- pop in,
- pop up,
- punch in,
- ran into,
- run into,
- sign in,
- take place,
- Neared,
- roll in,
- nears,
- originates,
- running into,
- came to pass,
- took place,
- come to pass,
- comes to pass,
- takes place,
- coming to pass,
- taking place,
- shows up,
- blow in,
- hit town,
- ring in,
- drawing near,
- move toward,
- be ready,
- adding up,
- adds up,
- am accessible,
- am at disposal,
- am convenient,
- am disposal,
- am handy,
- am obtainable,
- am ready,
- are accessible,
- are at disposal,
- are convenient,
- are disposal,
- are handy,
- are ready,
- art accessible,
- art at disposal,
- art convenient,
- art handy,
- art obtainable,
- art ready,
- be accessible,
- be at disposal,
- be came,
- be come,
- be comes,
- be coming,
- be convenient,
- be disposal,
- be fall,
- be fallen,
- be falling,
- be falls,
- be fell,
- be handy,
- be obtainable,
- be tide,
- be tided,
- be tides,
- be tiding,
- be-came,
- be-come,
- be-comes,
- be-coming,
- be-fall,
- be-fallen,
- be-falling,
- be-falls,
- be-fell,
- be-tide,
- be-tided,
- be-tides,
- be-tiding,
- being accessible,
- being at disposal,
- being convenient,
- being disposal,
- being handy,
- being obtainable,
- being ready,
- blew in,
- blowing in,
- blows in,
- bobbed up,
- bobbing up,
- bobs up,
- breeze in,
- breezed in,
- breezes in,
- breezing in,
- came over,
- came pass,
- clocked in,
- clocking in,
- clocks in,
- closes in,
- closing in,
- come pass,
- comes over,
- comes pass,
- coming over,
- coming pass,
- draws near,
- drew near,
- fall by,
- falling by,
- falling in,
- falls by,
- falls in,
- fell by,
- fell in,
- hits town,
- hitting town,
- is accessible,
- is at disposal,
- is convenient,
- is disposal,
- is handy,
- is obtainable,
- is ready,
- made it,
- makes it,
- making it,
- moved toward,
- moves toward,
- moving toward,
- popped in,
- popped up,
- popping in,
- popping up,
- pops in,
- pops up,
- punch clock,
- punch the clock,
- punched clock,
- punched in,
- punched the clock,
- punches clock,
- punches in,
- punches the clock,
- punching clock,
- punching in,
- punching the clock,
- ran in to,
- rang in,
- re ached,
- re aching,
- re-ached,
- re-aching,
- ringed in,
- ringing in,
- rings in,
- rolled in,
- rolling in,
- rolls in,
- run in to,
- running in to,
- runs in to,
- signed in,
- signing in,
- signs in,
- skied in,
- skies in,
- sky in,
- skyed in,
- skying in,
- sprang in,
- spring in,
- springing in,
- springs in,
- sprung in,
- sum to,
- summed to,
- summing to,
- sums to,
- trans pire,
- trans-pire,
- was accessible,
- was at disposal,
- was convenient,
- was disposal,
- was handy,
- was obtainable,
- was ready,
- wast accessible,
- wast at disposal,
- wast convenient,
- wast disposal,
- wast handy,
- wast obtainable,
- wast ready,
- were accessible,
- were at disposal,
- were convenient,
- were disposal,
- were handy,
- were obtainable,
- were ready,
- wert accessible,
- wert at disposal,
- wert convenient,
- wert disposal,
- wert handy,
- wert obtainable,
- wert ready,
- wind at,
- wind up at,
- winded at,
- winded up at,
- winding at,
- winding up at,
- winds at,
- winds up at,
- wound at,
- wound up at.
- dip
- get
-
grow
- branch out,
- burst forth,
- spring up,
- bursted forth,
- bursting forth,
- bursts forth,
- came be,
- came to be,
- come be,
- come to be,
- comes be,
- comes to be,
- coming be,
- coming to be,
- ex tend,
- ex tended,
- ex tending,
- ex tends,
- ex-tend,
- ex-tended,
- ex-tending,
- ex-tends,
- gat bigger,
- gat taller,
- get bigger,
- get taller,
- gets bigger,
- gets taller,
- getting bigger,
- getting taller,
- got bigger,
- got taller,
- gotten bigger,
- gotten taller,
- pro duce,
- pro duces,
- pro-duces,
- sprang up,
- springs up.
- jump
- snowball
- thrive
- move something forward, often quickly
-
spring
- come into being,
- shoot up,
- shooting up,
- am derived,
- am descended,
- are derived,
- are descended,
- art derived,
- art descended,
- be derived,
- be descended,
- being derived,
- being descended,
- came in to being,
- came into being,
- come in to being,
- comes in to being,
- comes into being,
- coming in to being,
- coming into being,
- de scend,
- de scended,
- de scending,
- de scends,
- de-scend,
- de-scended,
- de-scending,
- de-scends,
- is derived,
- is descended,
- shoots up,
- was derived,
- was descended,
- wast derived,
- wast descended,
- were derived,
- were descended,
- wert derived,
- wert descended.
-
advance
- bring forward,
- go forth,
- go forward,
- hasten,
- make headway,
- move on,
- move up,
- press on,
- push on,
- put forward,
- set forth,
- step forward,
- promotes,
- strike it rich,
- forge ahead,
- push ahead,
- going forth,
- setting forth,
- moving up,
- ballyhooed,
- make a killing,
- pressing on,
- go great guns,
- brought forward,
- strike gold,
- break the bank,
- ballyhooing,
- beat drum for,
- brake bank,
- brake the bank,
- break bank,
- breaking bank,
- breaking the bank,
- breaks bank,
- breaks the bank,
- bringing forward,
- brings forward,
- broke bank,
- broke the bank,
- continue ahead,
- continue on,
- continued ahead,
- continued on,
- continues ahead,
- continues on,
- continuing ahead,
- continuing on,
- dis patch,
- dis patched,
- dis patches,
- dis patching,
- dis-patch,
- dis-patched,
- dis-patches,
- dis-patching,
- forged ahead,
- forges ahead,
- forging ahead,
- gat fat,
- gat green light,
- gat ink for,
- gat rich,
- gat there,
- gat with it,
- get fat,
- get green light,
- get ink for,
- get rich,
- get there,
- get with it,
- gets green light,
- gets ink for,
- gets rich,
- gets there,
- gets with it,
- getting green light,
- getting there,
- getting with it,
- go places,
- go to town,
- go town,
- goes forth,
- goes forward,
- goes great guns,
- goes places,
- goes to town,
- goes town,
- going forward,
- going great guns,
- going to town,
- going town,
- got fat,
- got green light,
- got ink for,
- got rich,
- got there,
- got with it,
- gotten fat,
- gotten green light,
- gotten ink for,
- gotten rich,
- gotten there,
- gotten with it,
- hit jackpot,
- hit pay dirt,
- hits pay dirt,
- hitting pay dirt,
- hyping,
- intro duce,
- intro duces,
- intro-duce,
- intro-duces,
- laid forward,
- lay forward,
- laying forward,
- lays forward,
- made a killing,
- made a pitch for,
- made headway,
- made killing,
- made scene,
- made the scene,
- make a pitch for,
- make killing,
- make pitch for,
- make scene,
- make the scene,
- makes a killing,
- makes a pitch for,
- makes headway,
- makes killing,
- makes pitch for,
- makes scene,
- makes the scene,
- making a killing,
- making headway,
- making killing,
- making pitch for,
- making scene,
- making the scene,
- move onward,
- moved on,
- moved onward,
- moved up,
- moves on,
- moves onward,
- moves up,
- moving on,
- moving onward,
- multi plying,
- multi-plied,
- multi-plying,
- pre sent,
- pre-sent,
- pre-sents,
- pressed on,
- presses on,
- pro mote,
- pro motes,
- pro moting,
- pro vide,
- pro vided,
- pro vides,
- pro viding,
- pro-mote,
- pro-motes,
- pro-moting,
- pro-vide,
- pro-vided,
- pro-vides,
- pro-viding,
- pushed ahead,
- pushes ahead,
- pushing ahead,
- pushing on,
- put map,
- put on the map,
- put the map,
- puts forward,
- puts map,
- puts on the map,
- puts the map,
- putting forward,
- putting map,
- putting on map,
- putting on the map,
- send forward,
- sending forward,
- sends forward,
- sent forward,
- sets forth,
- stepped forward,
- stepping forward,
- steps forward,
- strike rich,
- strikes gold,
- strikes rich,
- striking gold,
- striking rich,
- strook gold,
- strook it rich,
- struck gold,
- struck it rich,
- struck rich,
- throw spotlight on,
- throws spotlight on,
- up grade,
- up graded,
- up grades,
- up grading,
- up lift,
- up lifted,
- up lifting,
- up lifts,
- up-graded,
- up-grades,
- up-grading,
- up-lift,
- up-lifted,
- up-lifting,
- up-lifts,
- went ahead,
- went forth,
- went forward,
- went great guns,
- went places,
- went to town,
- went town.
-
advance, approach
- come.
-
become larger, evolve
- grow.
- make or become better
- add or grow
- begin; spring
- be fortunate; succeed
- withdraw; diminish
-
get up; ascend
- rise.
- originate, emerge
-
become large, fuller
- wax.
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
perquisitions
- Antonyms:
- finding, ignorance.
