Definition for Recede:

• To retreat; draw back.

Synonyms for Recede:

• n.

  •
  • crater,
  • dip,
  • slump.
  •
  • back,
  • backtrack,
  • decline,
  • die away,
  • drop back,
  • ebb,
  • fall,
  • flow,
  • go away,
  • increase,
  • part,
  • rise,
  • scatter,
  • turn down,
  • stand aside.
  •
  • approach,
  • gray,
  • hang,
  • thin,
  • tumble-down,
  • wave,
  • Retrocede.
  •recede (noun)
  • fall back,
  • fall behind,
  • lose,
  • retire.

• v.

  •abate (verb)
  • moderate,
  • slacken,
  • slow.
  •back (verb)
  • backtrack,
  • reverse,
  • withdraw.
  •contract (verb)
  • abbreviate,
  • abridge,
  • compress,
  • curtail,
  • deflate,
  • fall away,
  • lose,
  • grow less.
  •decline (verb)
  • backslide,
  • fall,
  • lapse,
  • lower,
  • relapse,
  • revert,
  • settle.
  •decrease (verb)
  • abate,
  • abbreviate,
  • abridge,
  • compact,
  • compress,
  • concentrate,
  • contract,
  • curtail,
  • decrease,
  • decrement,
  • deduct,
  • deflate,
  • deplete,
  • die down,
  • diminish,
  • drain,
  • dwindle,
  • erode,
  • lessen,
  • lower,
  • shorten,
  • shrink,
  • subside,
  • truncate.
  •die (verb)
  • bate,
  • disappear,
  • fade away,
  • pass,
  • peter out,
  • vanish.
  •diminish (verb)
  • contract,
  • die out,
  • drain.
  •dip (verb)
  • go down,
  • plummet,
  • plunge,
  • slip,
  • slump.
  •disappear (verb)
  • decamp,
  • die,
  • exit,
  • flee,
  • go,
  • leave.
  •draw back (verb)
  • deduct,
  • pull back,
  • recoil.
  •recede (verb)
  • abate,
  • back,
  • backslide,
  • close,
  • decline,
  • decrease,
  • depart,
  • die off,
  • diminish,
  • draw back,
  • drop,
  • dwindle,
  • ebb,
  • fade,
  • fall back,
  • flee,
  • go away,
  • go back,
  • lessen,
  • reduce,
  • regress,
  • retire,
  • retract,
  • retreat,
  • retrograde,
  • retrogress,
  • return,
  • shrink,
  • sink,
  • subside,
  • taper,
  • wane,
  • Retrocede,
  • drain away,
  • flow back.
  •relapse (verb)
  • lapse,
  • recur,
  • relapse.
  •withdraw (verb)
  • back off.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tumble-down,
  • Retrocede.
  •
  • die,
  • give way.
  •
  • ebb,
  • give.
  •
  • gray.
  •
  • hang.
  •
  • wave.
  •
  • thin.
  •back
  • Retrocede.
  •back off
  • give up.
  •contract
  • fall away,
  • lose,
  • grow less.
  •decrease
  • taper.
  •die
  • fade away.
  •diminish
  • die out.
  •draw back
  • pull back.
  •fall back
  • fall back.
  •give
  • give way.
  •lag
  • drop back.
  •peter out
  • peter out.
  •regress
  • go back,
  • turn back.
  •Other relevant words:
  • adjourn,
  • allow,
  • approach,
  • attract,
  • avoid,
  • back,
  • back away,
  • back down,
  • back off,
  • back out,
  • back up,
  • backtrack,
  • backwater,
  • bald,
  • balk,
  • bate,
  • bed,
  • bestow,
  • blench,
  • blink,
  • bow out,
  • bring down,
  • close,
  • collapse,
  • come,
  • come away,
  • come back,
  • come down,
  • countermarch,
  • crash,
  • crater,
  • crawfish,
  • crawfish out,
  • crawl,
  • crawl in,
  • dawdle,
  • de-escalate,
  • decamp,
  • declension,
  • decline,
  • degeneracy,
  • depart,
  • descend,
  • die,
  • die away,
  • die off,
  • die out,
  • dip,
  • disappear,
  • discharge,
  • disengage,
  • dispose of,
  • dive,
  • dodge,
  • donate,
  • double,
  • doze off,
  • draw,
  • draw back,
  • draw off,
  • drift away,
  • drift off,
  • drop,
  • drop away,
  • drop back,
  • drowse off,
  • ease,
  • ebb,
  • evacuate,
  • exit,
  • fade,
  • fade away,
  • fall,
  • fall asleep,
  • fall away,
  • fall back,
  • fall behind,
  • flake out,
  • flinch,
  • flow,
  • get away,
  • get back,
  • get behind,
  • get into bed,
  • get worse,
  • give,
  • give in,
  • give up,
  • give way,
  • go,
  • go away,
  • go back,
  • go down,
  • go off,
  • go to bed,
  • go to sleep,
  • gray,
  • hang,
  • hang back,
  • hark back,
  • hit the hay,
  • hit the sack,
  • hold back,
  • humility,
  • increase,
  • jerk,
  • jib,
  • kip down,
  • lag,
  • leave,
  • lose,
  • mislay,
  • misplace,
  • miss,
  • moderate,
  • modesty,
  • move,
  • move back,
  • nod off,
  • pall,
  • parry,
  • part,
  • pass,
  • pension off,
  • peter out,
  • plummet,
  • plunge,
  • pull,
  • pull away,
  • pull back,
  • pull down,
  • put back,
  • put out,
  • ratchet,
  • rebound,
  • recall,
  • receding,
  • recess,
  • recidivate,
  • recoil,
  • reduce,
  • regurgitate,
  • relent,
  • remit,
  • remove,
  • resort,
  • retire,
  • retract,
  • retroflex,
  • retrograde,
  • retrogress,
  • return,
  • reverse,
  • revert,
  • rise,
  • run away,
  • run off,
  • sack out,
  • scatter,
  • seclude,
  • sequester,
  • sequestrate,
  • settle,
  • shirk,
  • shrink back,
  • shy,
  • sink,
  • slacken,
  • slip,
  • slow,
  • slump,
  • stand back,
  • strike out,
  • suffer,
  • superannuate,
  • take,
  • take back,
  • take out,
  • taper,
  • thin,
  • tumble-down,
  • turn a loss,
  • turn back,
  • turn down,
  • turn in,
  • unload,
  • unsay,
  • vanish,
  • waive,
  • wane,
  • wave,
  • wheel,
  • withdraw,
  • zoom,
  • Regrade,
  • Retrocede,
  • climb down,
  • beat a retreat,
  • go behind,
  • move off,
  • put about,
  • wind down,
  • move away,
  • stand aside,
  • step back,
  • swallow,
  • cock,
  • beat it,
  • grow less,
  • look blue,
  • lose ground,
  • call in,
  • drain away,
  • drop-off,
  • flow back,
  • go backwards,
  • lose interest,
  • play second fiddle,
  • sheer off,
  • slip back,
  • look foolish,
  • call-back,
  • run back.

Antonyms for Recede:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    accumulate, advance, appear, approach, ascend, balloon, beard, begin, blow up, brave, brazen, build, burgeon, confront, continue, dare, defy, develop, distend, elongate, emerge, enhance, enlarge, enter, escalate, expand, extend, face, forge, forward, gain, gain ground, get ahead, go on, grow, increase, intensify, make headway, march on, meet, mount, move on, mushroom, pass on, progress, prolong, pull ahead, raise, rise, show up, snowball, soar, strengthen, swell, wax, win, pick up, breast.

• v.

  • abate
    amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise.
  • back
    go forward.
  • contract
    dilate, expand, lengthen, spread, stretch.
  • decline
    improve.
  • die
    develop, flourish, grow.
  • dip
    ascend, raise.
  • disappear
    appear, arrive, come in.
  • draw back
    start.
  • recede
    advance, forge, forward, increase.
  • withdraw; diminish
    begin, continue, enter, face, meet, strengthen.
  • Other antonyms:
    accumulate, advance, appear, balloon, beard, blow up, brave, brazen, build, burgeon, confront, dare, defy, distend, elongate, emerge, enlarge, escalate, expand, face, gain, gain ground, get ahead, go on, grow, increase, intensify, lengthen, make headway, march on, mount, move on, mushroom, outbrave, pass on, progress, pull ahead, rise, show up, snowball, soar, swell, wax, win.