What is another word for retreating?
321 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪtɹˈiːtɪŋ], [ ɹɪtɹˈiːtɪŋ], [ ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈiː_t_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for retreating:- departing (adjective)
- recessive (adjective)
- flight (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- back (verb)
- back down (verb)
- bail out (verb)
- countermand (verb)
- disappear (verb)
- draw back (verb)
- drop out (verb)
- ebb (verb)
- receding (verb)
- retreat (verb)
- other synonyms
- advancing
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Retreating:
adj.
•departing (adjective) •recessive (adjective)n.
•flight (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun)v.
•back (verb) •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.
- flee.
- 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.
- 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.
- decamp,
- sequester,
- go along with,
- pull out,
- quit,
- give ground,
- run,
- evade,
- vacate,
- keep apart,
- back out,
- ebb,
- avoid,
- turn tail,
- hand over,
- lay down,
- hide,
- escape,
- keep aloof,
- beat it,
- back off,
- opt out,
- quail,
- cave in,
- retrograde,
- back down,
- draw back,
- back,
- resign,
- relinquish,
- start back,
- elude,
- fold,
- go back,
- backtrack,
- reverse,
- reel,
- seclude oneself,
- evacuate,
- Retrocede.
Other synonyms:
•advancing •Other relevant words (noun):- recession,
- recidivating,
- Flinching,
- unsay,
- ebbing,
- Infundibuliform,
- resignation,
- Sheltering,
- Evacuating,
- recede,
- Campaniform,
- Boat-shaped,
- backing,
- backtracking,
- removal,
- evasion,
- Favose,
- cringe,
- regress,
- Dishing,
- privacy,
- cavelike,
- capsular,
- elopement,
- Adjourning,
- cavernous,
- funnel-shaped,
- vaulted,
- leave,
- shrink,
- Cymbiform,
- give back,
- back away,
- retreated,
- herd,
- pullout,
- Concaved,
- faveolate,
- Burrowing,
- pulling,
- dish-shaped,
- withdrawal,
- shrinking,
- get back,
- dying,
- cup-shaped,
- alveolate,
- Roosting,
- rein back,
- incurved,
- flighting,
- Naviform,
- ceding,
- Cupped,
- lapsing,
- depressed,
- Recurring,
- Disengaging,
- go backwards,
- swallow,
- remove,
- scaphoid,
- sinking,
- suffering,
- navicular,
- bowllike,
- hollowed,
- Sequestrating,
- porous,
- disengage,
- Incurving,
- turn back,
- retirement,
- Scyphiform,
- returning,
- Reversing,
- depart,
- Retracting,
- evacuation,
- fading,
- havening,
- flock,
- waning,
- recoil,
- Harboring,
- Favaginous,
- abandon,
- arched,
- Capitulating,
- sunken,
- discharge,
- hollow,
- dawdling,
- saucer-shaped,
- declining,
- covering,
- bowl-shaped,
- Infundibular,
- rehashing,
- regrading,
- Resorting,
- Porting,
- set back,
- retreats,
- turning back,
- nesting,
- retire,
- recalling,
- dished,
- departure,
- Removing,
- go,
- scyphose,
- move back,
- missing,
- boatlike,
- Seceding,
- Recoiling,
- denning,
- draw,
- dwindling,
- concave,
- lagging,
- Recessing,
- defection,
- desertion,
- withdraw,
- Misplacing,
- Resting,
- calathiform,
- flinch,
- Swallowing,
- secrecy,
- incurvous,
- relapsing,
- moving back,
- fall back,
- secede,
- secession,
- bevy,
- retiring,
- diminishing,
- Repealing,
- step back,
- aviation,
- scyphate,
- sunk.
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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.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Other Related
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Verb, gerund or present participle
dropping.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Antonyms for Retreating:
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n.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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Other antonyms:
advancing.
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Other antonyms:
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v.
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back
go forward.
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bail out
stay.
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draw back
start.
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back