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Synonyms for re-treat

40 synonyms
10 antonyms
3 meanings

verb

Most common

draw back retire back down give home haven recess

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Draw back

draw back, retire, back down, give, withdraw, give place, recede, back out, back, back away, pull away, move back, beat a retreat informal, retrograde, turn tail, shrink, flinch, abscond, decline, retract, bug out slang

2. Haven

home, haven, harbor US, harbour UK, shelter, asylum, refuge

3. Recess

recess, corner, hole, den, nook, nest

Other

re-sort, revert, fallback, crayfish, bower, regrade

Antonyms

come, engage, attack

All antonyms of re-treat →

Definitions

v. 1
To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
v. 2
To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again
v. 3
To withdraw from a position, go back.

Related words

Other spellings: retreat

Forms

Past participle: re-treated
e.g. re-treated → retired, given, withdrawn, receded…

By length

3 letters: den¹
4 letters: back¹, home¹, give¹, hole¹, nest¹, nook¹
5 letters: haven², bower²
6 letters: corner², harbor², retire², asylum³, refuge², shrink¹, recess², revert², flinch¹, recede²
7 letters: decline², shelter², harbour², retract², abscond², regrade
8 letters: withdraw², crayfish², fallback²
10 letters: retrograde³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (haven² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: battre en retraite
Italiano: battere in ritirata