recede
The word “recede” has 2 syllables: re-cede
It's pronounced as /rɪˈsid/
What is synonym and antonym for recede?
In the thesaurus, “recede” has 68 synonyms and 36 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for recede along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for recede
- abandon
- abate
- alleviate
- back away
- back down
- backpedal
- backtrack
- bow out
- climb down
- collapse
- compress
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- de-escalate
- decline
- decrease
- deflate
- depart
- detach
- diminish
- disengage
- disentangle
- drop back
- dwindle
- ease
- ebb
- evacuate
- evaporate
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- flag
- flee
- flinch
- fly
- give ground
- give out
- give way
- go
- leave
- lessen
- let up
- lose ground
- lower
- moderate
- pall
- phase down
- pull away
- pull out
- quit
- recoil
- relax
- relent
- remit
- retire
- retreat
- shrink
- sink
- slacken
- subside
- taper
- taper off
- vacate
- vanish
- wane
- weaken
- withdraw
Antonyms for recede
- accumulate
- advance
- appear
- balloon
- beard
- blow up
- bourgeon
- brave
- brazen
- breast
- build
- burgeon
- confront
- dare
- defy
- distend
- elongate
- emerge
- enlarge
- escalate
- expand
- face
- grow
- increase
- intensify
- lengthen
- mount
- mushroom
- outbrave
- pick up
- rise
- show up
- snowball
- soar
- swell
- wax
Example Sentences
- The floodwaters began to recede after several days of rain.
- His hairline started to recede in his early thirties.
- As the storm passed, the waves slowly recede from the shore.
- The pain will recede with time and proper care.
- Memories of that day gradually recede into the past.
On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to recede, such as: abandon, abate, accumulate, advance, alleviate, appear, back away.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
abate
- abbreviate
- abolish
- abort
- abridge
- abrogate
- allay
- alleviate
- annihilate
- annul
- avoid
- ban
- bankrupt
- bereave
- break down
- call
- call off
- cancel
- cheat
- clip
- collapse
- compress
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- cool
- countermand
- crop
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- cut
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- cut down
- de-escalate
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- deflate
- defraud
- dent
- denude
- deplete
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- diminish
- disallow
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- dismiss
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- outlaw
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- pall
- pare
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- prohibit
- prune
- qualify
- quash
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- recede
- reduce
- reject
- relax
- relent
- remediate
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- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- retrench
- reverse
- revoke
- roll back
- set aside
- shortchange
- shorten
- shrink
- sink
- slacken
- slash
- slow
- strike down
- strip
- subdue
- subside
- subtract
- suspend
- take off
- taper
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- throw out
- trim
- truncate
- vacate
- vanish
- veto
- void
- wane
- weaken
- whittle
- withdraw
- write off
back
- aback
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- abet
- abide by
- about
- across
- adopt
- advance
- advise
- advocate
- affirm
- aft
- after
- ago
- agone
- aid
- ally
- angel
- anticlockwise
- around
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- astern
- athwart
- attend
- avouch
- back end
- back of
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- backstop
- backtrack
- backward
- backwards
- bail out
- bankroll
- bear a hand
- behind
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- bolster
- boost
- buttress
- champion
- chink
- comfort
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- counsel
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- deliver
- dorsal
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- elapsed
- embolden
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- encourage
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- extremity
- facilitate
- fall back
- far end
- favor
- final
- finance
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- further
- give a boost
- give a leg up
- give a lift
- go in for
- go to bat for
- grubstake
- guide
- hamartia
- hearten
- help
- hind
- hinder
- hindmost
- hindpart
- hindquarters
- hold a brief for
- in the wake of
- indorse
- jugular
- launch
- left-handed
- left-handedly
- mentor
- nurture
- oblige
- obversely
- overdue
- past
- patronize
- plug
- posterior
- preach
- previous
- profit
- promote
- prove
- rear
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- rearward
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- recede
- reenforce
- regress
- reinforce
- repel
- repulse
- rescue
- retire
- retract
- retreat
- retrograde
- reverse
- reversely
- round
- ruin
- sanction
- save
- second
- serve
- side with
- since
- soft spot
- sponsor
- stake
- stand behind
- stand up for
- stern
- sternforemost
- stick by
- stick up for
- subsidize
- substantiate
- succor
- support
- sustain
- syne
- tail
- tail end
- tailpiece
- talk up
- to stand one in good stead
- tragic flaw
- turn tail
- underbelly
- underwrite
- undoing
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- widdershins
- withdraw
- withershins
back away
backed off
- abandon
- abjured
- abnegated
- back down
- backed down
- backed out
- backpedaled
- backtracked
- balk
- begged off
- copped out
- cried off
- disavowed
- finked out
- foreswore
- forswore
- give up
- recalled
- recanted
- recede
- reneged
- repudiated
- retire
- retracted
- surrender
- took back
- unsaid
- went back on
- wimped out
- withdraw
- withdrew
- yield
backing off
- abandon
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- back down
- backing down
- backing out
- backpedaling
- backtracking
- balk
- begging off
- copping out
- crying off
- disavowing
- finking out
- foreswearing
- forswearing
- give up
- going back on
- recalling
- recanting
- recede
- reneging
- repudiating
- retire
- retracting
- surrender
- taking back
- unsaying
- wimping out
- withdraw
- withdrawing
- yield