Antonyms for re-cede
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ri-seed |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsid |
- accept
- acknowledge
- add
- admit
- advance
- agree
- allow
- amplify
- appear
- approve
- arrive
- ascend
- attain
- attract
- be born
- bear
- begin
- blow up
- break off
- build
- climb
- coagulate
- combine
- come
- come in
- commence
- compliment
- conceal
- confront
- consent
- continue
- corroborate
- deny
- develop
- dilate
- disagree
- discourage
- dissuade
- emphasize
- enforce
- engage
- enhance
- enlarge
- enter
- even
- expand
- extend
- face
- fight
- finish
- flatter
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- free
- get better
- give
- go forward
- go on
- go up
- grow
- hold
- hold up
- improve
- incite
- include
- increase
- initiate
- intensify
- invigorate
- join
- keep
- laud
- lengthen
- let go
- level
- live
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- magnify
- meet
- open
- overcome
- overthrow
- permit
- persevere
- praise
- progress
- prolong
- put together
- raise
- reach
- reaffirm
- refrain
- refuse
- release
- remain
- repeat
- restart
- revive
- rise
- sanction
- save
- say yes
- scale
- solidify
- spread
- start
- stay
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- take
- take on
- tighten
- unite
- upgrade
- wait
- welcome
- win
- withhold
- withstand
Definition of re-cede
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French receder, from Latin recedere "to go back, fall back; withdraw, depart, retire," from re- "back" (see re-) + cedere "to go" (see cede). Related: Receded; receding.
- As in lapse : verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
- As in abate : verb lessen, grow or cause to grow less
- As in peter out : verb dwindle, decrease
- As in back : verb put in reverse direction
- As in recede : verb withdraw; diminish
- As in reduce : verb make less; decrease
- As in regress : verb return to earlier way of doing things
- As in retire : verb leave a place or responsibility
- As in retract : verb take back; renege on
- As in retreat : verb pull back, go away
- As in shrink : verb recoil, shy away
- As in subside : verb die down; decrease
- As in taper/taper off : verb decrease to a point
- As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
- As in back off : verb retreat
- As in taper : verb decrease
- As in retrocede : verb back
- As in superannuate : verb retire
- As in contract : verb condense
- As in decline : verb lessen, become less
- As in die : verb wither, dwindle
- As in diminish : verb become or cause to be less
- As in dip : verb lower, descend
- As in disappear : verb vanish; cease
- As in draw back : verb retract from position
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
- As in fall : verb descend; become lower
- As in fall back : verb retreat
- As in flinch : verb shy away, wince
- As in give : verb yield, collapse
Synonyms for re-cede
- abandon
- abate
- abbreviate
- abjure
- abridge
- abscond
- absent oneself
- allay
- allow
- apostatize
- attenuate
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- back out of
- backpedal
- backslide
- backtrack
- bail out
- balk
- bankrupt
- bant
- bate
- be done for
- be gone
- be lost
- be no more
- be precipitated
- be swallowed up
- beat it
- become obsolete
- become smaller
- bend
- blanch
- blench
- blink
- blow
- boggle
- book
- bow out
- bow to
- break
- break down
- buckle
- call off
- cancel
- cascade
- cave
- cave in
- cease
- cease to exist
- cede
- change one's mind
- cheapen
- check out
- chill out
- chop
- clear
- clench
- clip
- close
- coast
- collapse
- come to a point
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- compress
- concede
- confine
- constrict
- consume
- contract
- cool
- cool it
- countermand
- cower
- crash
- cringe
- crouch
- crumble
- crumple
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- de-escalate
- debase
- decamp
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- deflate
- degenerate
- dematerialize
- demur
- deny
- deny oneself
- depart
- depreciate
- depress
- descend
- detach
- deteriorate
- devote
- die
- die away
- die down
- die off
- die out
- diet
- dilapidate
- dilute
- diminish
- dip
- disappear
- disavow
- disclaim
- discount
- disengage
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- disown
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- dive
- drag
- drain
- drain away
- draw away
- draw back
- draw in
- drive back
- droop
- drop
- drop down
- drop out
- drop out of sight
- duck
- dull
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease out
- eat one's words
- ebb
- edit
- elapse
- eliminate
- elude
- end
- end gradually
- epitomize
- escape
- eschew
- evacuate
- evade
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- exclude
- exfiltrate
- exit
- expire
- extenuate
- extract
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall off
- fizzle out
- flag
- flee
- flex
- flinch
- flop
- flow back
- fly
- fold
- fold up
- forget it
- forswear
- get away
- get lost
- get off
- give back
- give ground
- give out
- give up
- give up work
- give way
- go
- go along with
- go away
- go back
- go back on
- go bad
- go by
- go down
- go downhill
- go on a diet
- go out
- go south
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to pot
- go to sleep
- go to the dogs
- go with the flow
- grant
- gravitate
- grow less
- halt
- hand over
- hang back
- hang easy
- hang loose
- have change of heart
- hide
- hit the dirt
- hit the sack
- hit the skids
- huddle
- impair
- impoverish
- incline
- keel over
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- land
- languish
- lapse
- lay back
- lay down
- leave
- leave no trace
- leave service
- lend
- lessen
- let go
- let it all hang out
- let up
- level off
- lose
- lose ground
- lose power
- lose value
- lose weight
- lower
- lull
- make oneself scarce
- make vacant
- mark down
- mellow out
- melt
- melt away
- minify
- moderate
- molder
- move back
- narrow
- nig
- nose-dive
- nutshell
- omit
- open
- opt out
- pall
- pare
- part
- pass
- pass away
- pauperize
- pension
- perish
- peter out
- phase out
- pine
- pitch
- plummet
- plunge
- pull back
- pull in
- pull out
- purse
- put out to pasture
- quail
- quell
- quieten
- quit
- rankle
- reach
- rebate
- recall
- recant
- recede
- recidivate
- recoil
- reduce
- reel
- reel in
- refuse
- regress
- relapse
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- remove
- renege
- renounce
- repeal
- repel
- repudiate
- repulse
- rescind
- resign
- retire
- retrace one's steps
- retract
- retreat
- retrench
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- reverse
- revert
- revoke
- roll back
- rot
- ruin
- rule out
- run
- run along
- run down
- run dry
- run low
- run out
- rusticate
- sag
- scale down
- scruple
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- sequester
- set
- settle
- sever connections
- shave
- sheathe
- sheer
- shirk
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- shudder
- shun
- sink
- skew
- skid
- slacken
- slant
- slash
- slide
- slim
- slink
- slip
- slope
- slow
- slow down
- slue
- slump
- spin
- spiral
- start
- start back
- step down
- stop
- stop working
- stumble
- subdue
- subside
- subtract
- surrender
- suspend
- swerve
- switch
- swoop
- syncopate
- take a header
- take a hike
- take away
- take back
- take flight
- take in
- take it easy
- take leave
- take off
- take off weight
- take out
- taper
- taper off
- temper
- terminate
- thin
- thin out
- throw back
- tighten
- tilt
- tip over
- tone down
- topple
- totter
- trail
- trim
- trip
- truncate
- tumble
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn tail
- unlax
- unsay
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- veer
- verge
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- wear away
- welsh
- wilt
- wince
- wind down
- withdraw
- wither
- worsen
- wrinkle
- yield
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