RETREATED Synonyms
There are 19 hypernyms of the word retreated. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for RETREATED
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withdraw | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull back or move away or backward • withdraw from active participation • release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles • cause to be returned • take back what one has said • keep away from others • break from a meeting or gathering • retire gracefully • remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) • lose interest • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity • remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | ||||||||
pull back | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull back or move away or backward • use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) • move to a rearward position; pull towards the back • stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | ||||||||
crawfish | nounn | |||||||
noun • tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly • small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster • large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters verb • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | ||||||||
hideaway | nounn | |||||||
noun • a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws • an area where you can be alone | ||||||||
recede | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull back or move away or backward • retreat • become faint or more distant | ||||||||
retire | verbv | |||||||
verb • go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position • withdraw from active participation • pull back or move away or backward • withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds • break from a meeting or gathering • make (someone) retire • dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) • lose interest • cause to be out on a fielding play • cause to get out • prepare for sleep | ||||||||
retirement | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being retired from one's business or occupation • withdrawal from your position or occupation • withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | ||||||||
retrograde | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth • of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma adjective satellite • going from better to worse • moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction verb • move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies • move in a direction contrary to the usual one • move back • go back over • get worse or fall back to a previous condition | ||||||||
back away | verbv | |||||||
verb • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | ||||||||
back out | verbv | |||||||
verb • move out of a space backwards • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | ||||||||
crawfish out | verbv | |||||||
verb • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | ||||||||
draw back | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull back or move away or backward • use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | ||||||||
move back | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull back or move away or backward | ||||||||
pull away | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull back or move away or backward | ||||||||
pull in one's horns | ||||||||
verb • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |