Recede Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-sēd
To sink
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decrease
  2. ebb
  3. fall
  4. abate
  5. subside
  6. retract
  7. retreat
  8. retrocede
  9. retrograde
  10. drift away
  11. lower
  12. die away
  13. turn down
  14. fade
  15. decline
  16. back up
  17. countermarch
  18. go away
  19. drop-back
  20. depart
  21. wash back
  22. depreciate
  23. drop
  24. diminish
  25. dwindle
  26. fall off
  27. lessen
  28. regress
  29. retrogress
  30. withdraw
Antonyms:
  1. rise
  2. flow
  3. increase
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. recession

Words Related to Recede

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Recede Sentence Examples

  • After a century and ft half it began to recede rather than to advance.

  • Add darker colors to the areas you want to recede.

  • The first two predominate earlier, and gradually recede before the last-named.

  • Islands are frequent; the banks recede and become lower until, after 50 m., they stand almost level with the water.

  • Forced to recede from this position, Boniface canonized Louis IX.

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