Synonyms for resile

Most common

spring · bound · bounce · rebound · retract · recant

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

   I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.

2. v. 2

   To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

Related words

Word family

resiliency resilient resilience result

Forms

Past participle

resiled
e.g. resiled → springed, bounded, bounced, rebounded…

Example sentences

• spring When spring comes, the days get longer day by day.
• bound The plane we boarded was bound for San Francisco.
• bounce Carlos's parents rented a bounce house for the party.
• rebound Algeria's economy is expected to rebound next year.
• retract I have decided to retract my previous statement.
• recant Tom had to recant or face excommunication.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

bound¹

6 letters

spring¹, bounce¹, recoil², recant², abjure

7 letters

rebound², retract²

8 letters

ricochet³, forswear²

11 letters

reverberate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recoil² = 2 syllables).