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RETREATED Synonyms

There are 15 synonyms of the word retreated. (exact relations)
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

Best Hypernyms For RETREATED

Here is a list of related hypernyms for retreated, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (14)
withdrawal area go locomote move travel country recede retire retreat sign signal signaling withdraw
Phrases (5)
bugle calldraw backmove backpull awaypull back

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