Back Down Synonyms and Antonyms

Withdraw from agreement or statement
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. back-off
  2. retreat
  3. chicken-out
  4. bow-out
  5. pull out
  6. withdraw
  7. acquiesce
  8. recoil
  9. cave in
  10. back up
  11. concede
  12. give ground
  13. give in
  14. have no fight left
  15. pull back
  16. back-out
  17. submit
  18. surrender
  19. wimp-out
  20. yield
Antonyms:
  1. go forward

Back Down Sentence Examples

  • Her breaths came in short gasps, but she refused to back down.

  • Turning the truck around, he headed back down the drive.

  • Unlike most men, he didn't back down from her, a reaction that intrigued her.

  • A few minutes later his deep voice drifted back down the hall as he discussed something with her.

  • Yancey stopped beside her and looked back down at the house.

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