Retreating Synonyms and Antonyms

To move in a reverse direction
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. backing
  2. backtracking
  3. retrogressing
  4. retrograding
Pull back or move away or backward
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retiring
  2. escaping
  3. receding
  4. fleeing
  5. leaving
  6. withdrawing
  7. abandoning
  8. retrograding
  9. shrinking
  10. decamping
  11. sheltering
  12. flying
  13. eluding
  14. resorting
  15. evading
  16. recessing
  17. avoiding
  18. havening
  19. harboring
  20. evacuating
  21. bolting
  22. removing
  23. backing
  24. disengaging
Antonyms:
  1. attacking
  2. progressing
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withdrawing
  2. reneging
To move backward or away; withdraw or retire:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. receding

Words Related to Retreating

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Retreating Sentence Examples

  • When we'd finished, he remained with the women instead of retreating upstairs.

  • He stepped away from her, retreating to the bedroom area.

  • She stared at his retreating back.

  • The tactics in war were the traditional nomad tactics of harassing the enemy on the march, constantly retreating before him and avoiding a general engagement.

  • Dingaan passed into Swaziland in advance of his retreating forces, and was there murdered, while Panda was crowned king of Zululand by the Boers.

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