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retreat


These are words and phrases related to retreat. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of retreat.

TO GO BACKWARDS


She retreated hastily back up the stairs.

Synonyms and examples


reverse
The road ahead was blocked by a tree so I had to reverse.
back
I backed into the drive.
back up
I backed up into an empty parking space.
pull back
UN peacekeepers have pulled back from the border.
withdraw
The British army withdrew from Dunkirk in 1940.

Antonym and example


advance
The rebels advanced on the capital.
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backwards
mainly UK
in reverse
the wrong way around
back to front
backward
retrograde
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Something that is facing backwards is facing in the opposite to a forward direction. Backward can be used to describe the direction that is opposite to the one you are facing. It can also describe something that is not advanced. If you go backwards, you move in the opposite to a forwards direction.

retreat | American Thesaurus


retreat


noun
These are words and phrases related to retreat. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of retreat.
The general ordered a retreat.

Synonyms


strategic withdrawal
falling back
pulling back
backing out
retirement
evacuation
flight
departure
getaway
escape

Antonyms


advance
charge
His retreat from social life was absolute.

Synonyms


withdrawal
retirement
seclusion
solitude
isolation
immurement
reclusion
hibernation
rustication

Antonyms


entrance
participation
They spent their honeymoon in a mountain retreat.

Synonyms


place of seclusion
privacy
or refuge
resort
haunt
refuge
hideaway
asylum
sanctum
sanctuary
den
haven
shelter
harbor
port

retreat


verb
He retreated from reality.

Synonyms


withdraw
retire
fall back
move back
fall to the rear
draw back
back away
recoil
shy away
shrink
make a retreat
depart
go
leave
make a getaway
escape
turn tail
make oneself scarce
flee
abscond
bolt
take flight

Antonyms


advance
move forward
rush to
meet head on
engage
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