Antonyms for recede
rɪˈsidre·cede

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1. recede

   Antonyms:
   approach, advance, flow, proceed

   Synonyms:
   retire, withdraw, retreat, retrograde, return, ebb

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1. withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backverb

   pull back or move away or backward

   "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

   Antonyms:
   move on, progress, pass on, advance, go on, march on

   Synonyms:
   call in, swallow, sequester, lose, seclude, crawfish out, drop off, retire, crawfish, hit the hay, retreat, take, back away, strike out, back out, put out, take back, hit the sack, pull away, take out, fall back, unsay, turn in, crawl in, bow out, fall behind, draw back, bed, sack out, recall, move back, retrograde, call back, go to sleep, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, go to bed, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, draw off, retract, pull back, kip down, remove

2. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb

   retreat

   Antonyms:
   progress, advance, go on, pass on, march on, move on

   Synonyms:
   unload, fall asleep, misplace, lose, draw back, mislay, drop off, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, fall back, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, fall behind, resort, set down, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake out

3. recedeverb

   become faint or more distant

   "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

   Antonyms:
   march on, advance, progress, go on, move on, pass on

   Synonyms:
   pull away, draw back, retreat, fall back, lose, fall behind, withdraw, drop off, move back, retire, pull back

How to use recede in a sentence?

1. Selina Crosby Tisdale:

   We're still waiting to crest, and then we have to wait for water levels to recede. It's going to take days until we get to that point.

2. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker:

   They haven't made us grow or recede at all.

3. Igor Dmitryuk:

   There will be a lot of standing water as the floods recede which heightens the risk of disease, particularly in urban areas, we need to be vigilant to avert any public health crisis, particularly as further rains are forecast with the start of the monsoon.

4. Alexis karpouzos:

   An old dream is dead but a new one is being born, as a tree that pushes through the solid ground to recede. A new strength, born of pain and suffering, is pulsating in the veins and a new empathy and understanding is being born of past suffering.

5. Karen Ward:

   As inflation picks up the fear of getting into a Japan-style deflation rut will recede. But underlying growth is still fairly subdued so this rise in oil price won't be leading to any rampant inflationary pressure.

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