Receding Synonyms and Antonyms

Pull back or move away or backward
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withdrawing
  2. retreating
  3. retiring
  4. retrogressing
  5. retrograding
  6. retracting
  7. shrinking
  8. ebbing
Antonyms:
  1. approaching
  2. gaining
  3. advancing
  4. increasing
  5. forwarding
  6. forging
A slow or gradual disappearance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fadeout
  2. retractility
The act of becoming more distant
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. recession

Receding Sentence Examples

  • If the current is on while the bob is receding the vibration is checked.

  • Idealism was receding for the moment.

  • If instead of receding the sea rose continuously at the rate of ioo ft.

  • Xander's eyes glowed with hunger, and his fangs were receding in a way not remotely human.

  • The means by which we got here is receding into the past.

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