Words and phrases that have a meaning related to retreating: (109 results)
Antonyms:
advancing
Often used in the same context:
slipping, falling, plunging, drifted, nudged, slid, tumbling, receding, advancing, inching, climbing, surging, fleeing, edging, capitulating, crept, encroaching, overran, dropping, leapt, bouncing, disappearing, dived, weakened, slinking, clawing, counterattacked, abandoning, moving, slumped, sagged, retracing, straying, steadied, collapsing, rose, hunkered down, ducking, shedding, paring, eroding, dipped, scurrying, settling, jumped, pushed, regrouping, stumbling, veering, succumbing, plummeting, venturing, slithered, zoomed, hitting, sinking, striding, eased, feinted, dragged, flirting, spiking, reconnoitered, escaping, fading, rebounded, ceding, reaching, meandered, spurted, seesawing, regaining, erasing, subsiding, reversing, relenting, crumbled, hovering, circling, leaving, shifting, storming, barging, rocketed, bounding, trudging, surrendering, crashing, soared, inclining, scampering, swung, vanishing, hurtling, lurched, deserting, recoiling, returning, cowering, disintegrating, flinching, rallying
Appears in the definition of:
cocooning, hangdog, rearguard, shamefaced
Synonyms:
Also try:retiring, withdrawing
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