Thesaurus:retreat

Thesaurus

retreat

English

Verb

Sense: to withdraw from a position

Synonyms

• back away
• back down
• balk
• beat a retreat (idiomatic)
• bug out
• crawfish (US dialect)
• decline
• fall back
• draw back
• pull out
• recede
• regrade
• retire
• retreat
• retrograde
• revert
• shrink
• sound a retreat (idiomatic)
• turn tail
• withdraw

Antonyms

• advance
• charge
• gain ground
• forge ahead
• lunge
• storm    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• engage
• fight    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• hold one's ground
• stand one's ground
• deadlock
• draw
• stand off
• tie

Hyponyms

• abandon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• beat a retreat (idiomatic)
• flee    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• leave    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “283. regression” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “retreat” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.