Definition for Retreating:

• Moving in retreat; going back.

Synonyms for Retreating:

• adj.

  •departing (adjective)
  • going,
  • withdrawing,
  • fleeing,
  • leaving,
  • departing,
  • exiting,
  • parting.
  •recessive (adjective)
  • regressive,
  • recessive.

• n.

  •flight (noun)
  • exit,
  • lam,
  • retreat,
  • exodus,
  • breakout,
  • powder,
  • getaway.
  •retreating (noun)
  • retiring.

• v.

  •back (verb)
  • drive back,
  • repulse,
  • retract,
  • repel.
  •back down (verb)
  • beg off,
  • take back,
  • admit,
  • balk,
  • bow out,
  • withdraw from agreement or statement,
  • cop out,
  • submit,
  • concede,
  • go back on,
  • cancel,
  • renege,
  • back pedal,
  • chicken out,
  • pull back,
  • accede,
  • have no fight left,
  • recant,
  • hold back,
  • give up,
  • surrender,
  • yield,
  • demur,
  • acquiesce,
  • give in,
  • wimp out.
  •bail out (verb)
  • flee.
  •countermand (verb)
  • recall,
  • override,
  • repeal,
  • rescind,
  • revoke.
  •disappear (verb)
  • dissipate,
  • leave no trace,
  • pass,
  • end gradually,
  • dissolve,
  • wane,
  • abscond,
  • dematerialize,
  • clear,
  • take flight,
  • melt,
  • evanesce,
  • cease to exist,
  • die,
  • drop out of sight,
  • pass away,
  • be swallowed up,
  • go south,
  • Evanish,
  • melt away,
  • come to naught,
  • vamoose,
  • end,
  • disperse,
  • expire,
  • fade away,
  • fade,
  • sink,
  • be no more,
  • be lost,
  • be done for,
  • fly,
  • be gone,
  • perish,
  • die out,
  • evaporate.
  •draw back (verb)
  • discount,
  • sheathe,
  • subtract,
  • take away,
  • reel in,
  • deduct.
  •drop out (verb)
  • cease,
  • forsake,
  • give notice.
  •ebb (verb)
  • ease off,
  • let up,
  • slacken,
  • degenerate,
  • flag,
  • relent,
  • languish,
  • lessen,
  • peter out,
  • moderate,
  • go out,
  • weaken,
  • decay,
  • deteriorate,
  • diminish,
  • fall,
  • abate,
  • drop,
  • decrease,
  • dwindle,
  • flow back,
  • die down,
  • fall away.
  •receding (verb)
  • backsliding,
  • receding,
  • regressing.
  •retreat (verb)
  • cave in,
  • seclude oneself,
  • evacuate,
  • start back,
  • quail,
  • hide,
  • back down,
  • disengage,
  • Retrocede,
  • relinquish,
  • vacate,
  • reverse,
  • go,
  • back off,
  • lay down,
  • go back,
  • avoid,
  • shrink,
  • reel,
  • decamp,
  • back out,
  • pull out,
  • elude,
  • sequester,
  • opt out,
  • retrograde,
  • resign,
  • retire,
  • recoil,
  • fold,
  • draw back,
  • back away,
  • beat it,
  • quit,
  • move back,
  • withdraw,
  • regress,
  • go along with,
  • turn tail,
  • escape,
  • leave,
  • depart,
  • keep apart,
  • keep aloof,
  • give ground,
  • abandon,
  • evade,
  • recede,
  • ebb,
  • back,
  • run,
  • backtrack,
  • fall back,
  • hand over.

• Other synonyms:

  •advancing
  • marching.

Paraphrases for Retreating:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    retreat, retreats.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    falters, reviews, retreated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    withdrawing, Retracting, retiring, departing, Evacuating, Removing, reconsidering, receding, Resigning, Terminating, fleeing, deteriorating, Reversing, Collapsing, Escaping, leaving, abating, returning, Revoking, decreasing, depositioning, falling, reducing, shortening, reviewing, declining, fading, Dissuading, weakening, eroding, changing, lowering, backsliding, waning, Subtracting, diminishing, minimizing, withholding, slipping, easing, narrowing, Quitting, deriving, stripping, dwindling, sinking, Slumping, descending, pulling, shrinking, backing, slowing, running.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    dropping.

Antonyms for Retreating:

• n.

  • flight
    standing, waiting, Staying.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    advancing.

• v.

  • back
    go forward.
  • bail out
    stay.
  • countermand
    allow, permit, sanction, approve.
  • disappear
    appear, arrive, come in.
  • draw back
    start.
  • drop out
    begin, engage, join, carry out.
  • ebb
    flow, increase, rise.
  • retreat
    advance, forge, meet, face.

Retreating Sentence Examples:

• I listened and seemed to hear footsteps retreating, dying away.

• Being pressed by the English, the retreating force broke into two divisions.

Homophones for Retreating:

• roadworthiness.