Thesaurus
recede
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RECEDE
1
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually <the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance>
Synonyms abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
2
to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable) <after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede>
Related Words flee, fly; flinch, recoil, shrink; chicken (out); bow out; back down, backpedal, backtrack, climb down; detach, disengage, disentangle, pull away; abandon, depart, evacuate, go, leave, quit, vacate
Antonyms advance
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