Withdraw Synonyms and Antonyms

wĭth-drô, wĭth-
To move (something) from a position occupied
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. remove
  2. take
  3. take away
  4. take off
  5. take out
To retire
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. draw back
  2. retire
  3. retreat
  4. depart
  5. draw in
  6. bow-out
  7. pull-away
  8. take-leave
  9. retract
  10. recede
  11. pull back
  12. move back
Antonyms:
  1. allow
  2. permit
  3. advance
To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retire
  2. draw back
  3. fall back
  4. pull back
  5. pull out
  6. retreat
Take back what one has said
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. swallow
  2. recall
  3. take back
  4. call-in
  5. unsay
  6. call-back
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retreat
  2. pull back
  3. back-out
  4. back-away
  5. crawfish
  6. crawfish-out
  7. pull in one's horns

Words Related to Withdraw

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.

Withdraw Sentence Examples

  • Keep it up and I might decide to withdraw my invitation.

  • You might as well withdraw before you embarrass yourself.

  • Fitzgerald isn't going to withdraw as a candidate?

  • She forced herself to withdraw from the surreal world and let herself go numb.

  • In 1851 further attempts were made to withdraw the paper money from circulation, but these were interrupted by the Crimean War, and the government was, on the contrary, obliged to issue notes of 20 and io piastres.

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