Definition for Retreat:

• To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.

Synonyms for Retreat:

• n.

  •
  • solitude,
  • leap,
  • habitat,
  • shift,
  • reappraisal,
  • volte-face,
  • conversion,
  • turnabout,
  • about-face,
  • defense,
  • asylum,
  • front,
  • turnaround.
  •
  • skirmish,
  • mission,
  • incursion,
  • war,
  • leave,
  • abandon,
  • struggle,
  • assault,
  • campaign,
  • combat.
  •
  • Beleaguered,
  • covert,
  • bombed-out,
  • belligerent,
  • aggressor.
  •
  • check,
  • gambit,
  • capture,
  • chessman,
  • chessboard,
  • bishop,
  • checkmate,
  • castle,
  • chess.
  •
  • rest.
  •
  • interference,
  • stake,
  • entry,
  • participation,
  • involvement,
  • engagement,
  • intervention,
  • exclusion,
  • intrusion.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • desertion,
  • defection.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • evasion,
  • abstinence,
  • avoidance,
  • shirking,
  • declination,
  • disdain,
  • elusion,
  • circumvention.
  •cover (noun)
  • harborage.
  •den (noun)
  • snuggery.
  •departure (noun)
  • retirement,
  • egress,
  • hegira,
  • walkout.
  •escape (noun)
  • hideaway,
  • elopement.
  •exit (noun)
  • leave-taking.
  •leaving (noun)
  • exodus.
  •nook (noun)
  • inglenook.
  •oasis (noun)
  • safe place.
  •place one goes for peace (noun)
  • ark,
  • Adytum,
  • ivory tower.
  •poverty (noun)
  • poorhouse.
  •recession (noun)
  • regression,
  • recession.
  •refuge (noun)
  • stronghold.
  •regression (noun)
  • retrogression.
  •retreat (noun)
  • crawfish out,
  • pull in one's horns,
  • pull away.
  •seclusion (noun)
  • sequestration.

• v.

  •escape (verb)
  • run away.
  •motion (verb)
  • retrograde.
  •pull back, go away (verb)
  • relinquish,
  • go along with,
  • fold,
  • recoil,
  • evacuate,
  • keep apart,
  • avoid,
  • elude,
  • sequester,
  • back out,
  • keep aloof,
  • go back,
  • hide,
  • decamp,
  • recede,
  • quail,
  • go,
  • opt out,
  • resign,
  • beat it,
  • vacate,
  • hand over,
  • run,
  • disengage,
  • quit,
  • lay down,
  • back off,
  • depart.
  •recede (verb)
  • backslide.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stand back,
  • attack,
  • quietude,
  • departure,
  • pullout,
  • breather,
  • rebound,
  • ricochet,
  • summerhouse,
  • backpedal,
  • pullback,
  • respite,
  • renege,
  • Retrocede,
  • swerve,
  • fallback,
  • oasis.
  •
  • sidestep,
  • scatter,
  • relaxation,
  • Halfway House,
  • safety,
  • battle,
  • stash,
  • come away,
  • exit,
  • give way.
  •
  • stand aside,
  • reel.
  •
  • evade,
  • cache,
  • comfort,
  • hedge.
  •
  • pull,
  • bail out.
  •
  • change.
  •
  • part.
  •
  • miss.
  •
  • break.
  •arbor
  • bower.
  •back
  • fall back.
  •back away
  • crawfish.
  •back down
  • give ground,
  • pull back,
  • giving ground,
  • give up,
  • cave in,
  • pulling back.
  •back off
  • back down.
  •den
  • nest.
  •detachment
  • isolation.
  •disappear
  • vamoose,
  • fade away,
  • take flight,
  • be gone.
  •draw back
  • start back.
  •exit
  • say goodbye,
  • get away,
  • go away,
  • take one's leave.
  •give in
  • knuckle under.
  •lag
  • drop back.
  •pull out
  • shove off.
  •regress
  • turn back.
  •resort
  • sanatorium.
  •retire
  • give place.
  •withdraw
  • take leave.

Paraphrases for Retreat:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    retreating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backtracking.
  • Verb, base form
    backtrack.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    departure.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    retreated.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    falters, fades, corporations, Narrows, members, retirement, retirements, dive, retraite, retiring.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reversal, evacuation, retirement, dive, downturn, refuge, regress, backsliding, deterioration, retrenchment, recession, rollback, redeployment, abandonment, drawdown, recoil, revocation, reduction, relapse, sanctuary, kickback, pull-out, contraction, return, retiring, shelter, backspace, escape, fallback.
  • Interjection
    abort.
  • Verb, past tense
    Withdrew, retracted, Trailed, changed, Plunged, softened, Slipped, eased, backed, Dwindled, slumped, contracted, Shrank.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    recedes, reverses, decreases, weakens, plummets, OPTS, pulls, Narrows.
  • Verb, base form
    recede, regress, disengage, resign, retrogress, flee, reconsider, return, rewind, hide, flinch, escape.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    retraction, retrogression, regression, climb-down, reversion, shrinkage.

Antonyms for Retreat:

• n.

  • act
    advance.
  • departure
    coming, arrival.
  • Other antonyms:
    onward motion, forward motion.

• v.

  • pull back, go away
    meet, forge, come, face, forward, keep, continue, stay, remain, go forward, take on, enter.

Homophones for Retreat:

• root rot, retard, rotor head, ride herd, raw throat, retread, retarded, retreated, retired, redroot, reiterate, roadworthy, retort, root word.

Hypernym for Retreat:

• n.

  • act
    disengagement, pullout, fallback.
  • location
    sanctum sanctorum, pleasance, ashram, nook, nest, sanctum.

• v.

  • motion
    cocoon.

Hyponym for Retreat:

• n.

  • act
    withdrawal.
  • communication
    signal, bugle call, sign, signaling.
  • location
    country, area.

• v.

  • motion
    retire, move back, draw back, move, pull away, recede, go, travel, retreat, pull back, withdraw, locomote.