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.

Antonyms for Retreat:

• n.

  • act
    advance.
  • departure
    advance, 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.