Withdrawing Synonyms and Antonyms

To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abjuring
  2. recalling
  3. recanting
  4. retracting
Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. removing
  2. disengaging
  3. switching
  4. taking
  5. drawing
  6. abstracting
  7. detaching
  8. disassociating
  9. dissociating
Antonyms:
  1. staying
  2. engaging
  3. remaining
  4. depositing
Break from a meeting or gathering
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retiring
  2. departing
  3. retreating
  4. receding
  5. adjourning
Take back what one has said
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. swallowing
  2. retracting
Antonyms:
  1. permitting
  2. allowing
  3. advancing
Withdraw from active participation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retiring
  2. taking
  3. removing
Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disengaging
Keep away from others
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sequestrating
  2. sequestering
  3. secluding

Words Related to Withdrawing

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.

Withdrawing Sentence Examples

  • Rumor has it he's withdrawing from the election.

  • He obliged and removed his glove, rolling his sleeve to his elbow and withdrawing a knife.

  • She withdrew from his embrace, withdrawing from the warmth and comfort of his body.

  • Wanting to give his friend, Rhyn, a moment of peace with his dead-dead parents, he waited until Rhyn was gone before withdrawing from the shadows.

  • A struggle, described by Wellington as "bludgeon work," now ensued, but all efforts to dislodge the Allies having failed, Soult, withdrawing, manoeuvred to his right towards San Sebastian.

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