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Synonyms for recede
rɪˈsidre·cede

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. recede

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

    Antonyms:
    approach, advance, flow, proceed

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  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"

    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

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

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

    retreat

    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

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

  3. recedeverb

    become faint or more distant

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

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

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

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  1. recedeverb

    Synonyms:
    retire, withdraw, retreat, retrograde, give way, move back

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "recede":

    fade

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1651remove
#1864resort
#2032miss
#2158drop
#3169lose
#3350draw
#5110slip
#5370recall
#5685discharge
#6848suffer
#8206retreat
#10524withdraw
#11883swallow
#12336fade
#12529retire
#13205misplace
#14447lag
#21097lapse
#25141relapse
#26952adjourn
#28374unload
#30671ebb
#38092retract
#38684retrograde
#39147regress
#42146crawfish
#46382recur
#63983recede
#69437disengage
#115009sequester
#218314dawdle
#310890seclude

How to use recede in a sentence?

  1. Seth Shostak:

    The sightings always recede to the edge of what technology allows you to do, the aliens are kind of keeping pace with technology.

  2. 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.

  3. Dan Petersen:

    It's just not going to give the river the chance to recede over the next couple of days.

  4. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves:

    We don't anticipate the situation to end any time soon. It will be days before we are out of the woods and the water starts to recede.

  5. Karen Ward:

    Oil is a game-changer, 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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