Antonyms for re treat
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : ree-treet |
Phonetic Transcription : riˈtrit |
- abidance
- accept
- acknowledge
- admit
- advance
- advantage
- agree
- aid
- allow
- allowance
- appear
- approval
- approve
- arrival
- arrive
- arriving
- ascend
- ascent
- ask
- assistance
- attract
- be born
- begin
- benefit
- betterment
- birth
- break
- brightness
- build
- bulge
- calm
- capture
- carry out
- cause
- closing
- closure
- coagulate
- combine
- come
- come in
- coming
- conceal
- confront
- consent
- continuation
- continue
- corroborate
- danger
- dawdle
- debt
- defend
- deny
- depart
- departure
- develop
- development
- directness
- disagree
- disagreement
- discourage
- dispute
- dissent
- dissuade
- do
- emphasize
- endangerment
- enforce
- engage
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlargement
- enough
- enter
- entering
- entrance
- exit
- expand
- expansion
- extend
- face
- faithfulness
- fight
- finish
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- go ahead
- go forward
- go in
- good fortune
- greeting
- grow
- growth
- harm
- harmony
- hello
- help
- hold
- hold up
- hurt
- ignore
- improve
- improvement
- incline
- include
- increase
- injury
- insecurity
- join
- joining
- juncture
- keep
- keeping
- leave
- leaving
- light
- loyalty
- maintain
- maintenance
- marriage
- meet
- meeting
- miracle
- misfortune
- mountain
- move forward
- open
- order
- organization
- pay
- payment
- peace
- peril
- permanent
- permit
- persevere
- plenty
- progress
- prolong
- public
- publicity
- publicness
- pursue
- put together
- question
- raise
- ratification
- reaffirm
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- remainder
- repeat
- request
- reserve
- rise
- sanction
- sociableness
- solid
- solidify
- stand
- standing
- start
- stay
- staying
- stop
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- surrender
- take
- take on
- tighten
- togetherness
- triumph
- trouble
- uncertainty
- unite
- uphold
- wait
- waiting
- welcome
- win
- withhold
- withstand
- wonder
- worry
Definition of re treat
- As in island : noun land surrounded by body of water
- As in isolation : noun seclusion
- As in lair : noun hideout, habitat
- As in lodge : noun cabin; vacation residence
- As in nook : noun corner, cubbyhole
- As in nunnery : noun convent
- As in oasis : noun refuge
- As in asylum : noun refuge
- As in port : noun place for boat docking, traffic, and storage
- As in privacy : noun solitude, secrecy
- As in avoidance : noun eluding; preventing
- As in reaction : noun political conservativism
- As in recess : noun niche, corner
- As in refuge : noun place to hide, have privacy
- As in resort : noun vacation place
- As in retreat : noun departure
- As in retreat : noun place one goes for peace
- As in return : noun coming again
- As in rout : noun overwhelming defeat
- As in sanctuary : noun place to hide, be safe
- As in sanctuary : noun safe place for wildlife
- As in seclusion : noun isolation
- As in security : noun safety, protection
- As in shelter : noun protection, habitat
- As in withdrawal : noun removal; retraction
- As in evacuation : noun withdrawal
- As in bomb shelter : noun bombproof shelter
- As in safe harbor : noun place of safety
- As in safe house : noun place of safety
- As in white flag : noun unconditional surrender
- As in retrogression : noun regression
- As in returning : noun the act of coming back
- As in burrow : noun hole dug by animal
- As in ark : noun boat
- As in hermitage : noun hideaway
- As in hideaway : noun escape
- As in cell : noun small room, container
- As in reclusion : noun seclusion
- As in recreance : noun defection
- As in recreancy : noun defection
- As in retirement : noun seclusion
- As in sequestration : noun seclusion
- As in cloister : noun secluded religious place
- As in tergiversation : noun defection
- As in convent : noun nunnery
- As in corner : noun niche
- As in cove : noun inlet, small niche
- As in cover : noun hiding place
- As in defection : noun abandonment
- As in den : noun cavern, hideaway
- As in departure : noun leaving
- As in desertion : noun abandonment
- As in downturn : noun drop
- As in ebb : noun regression; decline
- As in escape : noun breaking away; getaway
- As in exit : noun leaving
- As in exodus : noun leaving
- As in flight : noun fleeing; departure
- As in harbor : noun place for seclusion
- As in haunt : noun place for socializing
- As in haven : noun refuge, port
- As in hole : noun opening in a solid object
- As in pull out : verb quit
- As in back : verb put in reverse direction
- As in back down : verb back off
- As in recede : verb withdraw; diminish
- 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 return : verb go back, turn back
- As in reverse : verb turn upside down or backwards
- As in bail out : verb escape
- As in secede : verb pull away; split from
- As in shrink : verb recoil, shy away
- As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
- As in back up : verb move backward
- As in knuckle under : verb give in
- As in turn tail : verb turn and run away
- As in back away : verb move away backwards
- As in backpedal : verb backtrack
- As in backtrack : verb backpedal
- As in recrudesce : verb return
- As in retrocede : verb recede
- As in retrocede : verb back
- As in superannuate : verb retire
- As in countermand : verb annul, cancel a command
- As in disappear : verb vanish; cease
- As in draw back : verb retract from position
- As in drop out : verb stop doing an activity
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
- As in exit : verb leave a place
- As in flee : verb run away to escape
- As in flinch : verb shy away, wince
- As in give : verb yield, collapse
Synonyms for re treat
- A-bomb shelter
- abandon
- abandonment
- abate
- abatement
- abbey
- abdicate
- abdication
- abjuration
- abjure
- abode
- about-face
- abrogation
- abscond
- absconding
- absent oneself
- absention
- accede
- acknowledgment
- acquiesce
- adieu
- admit
- adytum
- aegis
- agreement
- air-raid shelter
- alcove
- alienation
- allow
- aloneness
- aloofness
- ambush
- anchorage
- angle
- answer
- antechamber
- apartment
- aperture
- apostasy
- apostatize
- appearance
- apse
- archipelago
- ark
- arm
- armament
- armor
- arrival
- asylum
- atelier
- atoll
- auberge
- avoid
- avoidance
- AWOL
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- back out of
- back pedal
- back up
- backflow
- backing down
- backlash
- backpedal
- backslide
- backsliding
- backtrack
- bail
- bail out
- balk
- bar
- barge
- basket
- bastille
- bay
- bayou
- be done for
- be gone
- be lost
- be no more
- be swallowed up
- beat
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat it
- beating
- beg off
- beleaguerment
- bend
- betrayal
- bid farewell
- bight
- blanch
- blench
- blink
- blockade
- blow
- boatyard
- boggle
- bolt
- bond
- book
- booth
- bounce back
- bow out
- bow to
- breach
- break
- break with
- breakout
- burrow
- bypassing
- byplace
- cage
- call off
- camouflage
- camp
- cancel
- capitulation
- capsize
- care
- carrel
- castoff
- cave
- cave in
- cavern
- caving in
- cavity
- cay
- cease
- cease to exist
- cede
- cell
- chalet
- chamber
- change
- change one's mind
- chapter house
- chasm
- check out
- chest
- chicken out
- chink
- church
- circle back
- circumvention
- cistern
- clandestineness
- clear
- cleft
- clobbering
- cloister
- close
- closet
- clubhouse
- co-op
- coffer
- collateral
- come again
- come back
- come to naught
- comedown
- coming
- compact
- compartment
- concealment
- concede
- condo
- confidentiality
- confinement
- confusion
- congé
- conservation area
- contract
- convent
- coop
- cop out
- cottage
- couch
- countermand
- counterrevolution
- country house
- cove
- covenant
- cover
- covert
- cower
- crack
- cranny
- crater
- crawfish
- creek
- crevice
- crib
- cringe
- crouch
- crumble
- crumple
- crutch
- crypt
- cubbyhole
- cubicle
- custody
- cut
- cut and run
- cut out
- death
- debacle
- decamp
- decampment
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- defecting
- defense
- deficiency
- degenerate
- degeneration
- delay
- deliverance
- dematerialize
- demise
- demur
- den
- dent
- deny
- deny oneself
- depart
- departing
- departure
- depreciation
- depression
- depths
- derelict
- dereliction
- descent
- desert
- desert under fire
- desertion
- desolation
- detach
- detachment
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devote
- die
- die down
- die off
- die out
- digs
- diminish
- diminution
- dimple
- dip
- disaffection
- disaffiliate
- disappearance
- disaster
- disavow
- disavowal
- disavowing
- disclaim
- disclaimer
- discount
- disengage
- disengagement
- disloyalty
- disown
- disownment
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- divorce
- do vanishing act
- dockage
- docks
- dockyard
- dodge
- dodging
- dormitory
- double back
- downtick
- drain away
- draw away
- draw back
- draw in
- drive back
- drop
- drop out
- drop out of sight
- drubbing
- duck
- ducking
- dungeon
- dwelling
- dwindle
- dwindling
- earnest
- earth
- ease off
- ease out
- eat one's words
- ebb
- egress
- egression
- eliminate
- elopement
- elude
- elusion
- elusiveness
- embarkation
- embarrassment
- embrasure
- emigration
- enclave
- end
- end gradually
- entrance
- entry
- escape
- escapement
- escaping
- escapism
- eschew
- eschewal
- estrangement
- estuary
- evacuate
- evacuation
- evade
- evaginate
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- evasion
- evasiveness
- evert
- excavation
- exchange
- exclude
- exfiltrate
- exfiltration
- exile
- exit
- exiting
- exodus
- expatriation
- expedient
- expiration
- expire
- expiry
- extract
- extraction
- extrication
- eyelet
- fade
- fade away
- fadeout
- fading away
- fail
- failing
- failure
- faithlessness
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall off
- falling away
- fallout shelter
- falseness
- farewell
- fat farm
- firth
- fissure
- flag
- flag of truce
- flagging
- flake off
- flee
- flex
- flight
- flinch
- flip-flop
- flow back
- fly
- fly the coop
- fold
- fold up
- foramen
- forbearance
- forget it
- fork
- form
- forsake
- forsaking
- forswear
- fortress
- fracture
- freedom
- friary
- frith
- front
- fugue
- game refuge
- gap
- gash
- gate
- gatehouse
- gathering place
- get
- get away
- get lost
- get off
- get the hell out
- getaway
- getaway car
- git
- give ground
- give in
- give notice
- give up
- give up work
- give way
- giving in
- go
- go again
- go along with
- go away
- go back
- go back on
- go backwards
- go out
- go south
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to sleep
- going
- going away
- going back on
- going out
- goodbye
- gorge
- grant
- guarantee
- guard
- guardian
- gulf
- habitat
- hand over
- hang back
- hangout
- harbor
- harborage
- hark back to
- haunt
- have change of heart
- have no fight left
- haven
- headquarters
- heart
- hegira
- hermitage
- hide
- hide-out
- hideaway
- hideout
- hiding
- hiding place
- hit the sack
- hold
- hold back
- hole
- hole in the wall
- hole-up
- holiday spot
- hollow
- home
- homecoming
- homeplate
- hospice
- hostel
- hostelry
- hot spring
- hotbed
- hotel
- hotfoot
- house
- housing
- hovel
- huddle
- hut
- hutch
- immunity
- indentation
- inglenook
- inn
- insurance
- interchange
- inverse
- invert
- isle
- islet
- isolation
- issue
- ivory tower
- joint
- journey
- jump
- keep
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- key
- keyhole
- lack
- lacuna
- lagoon
- lair
- lam
- lamasery
- landing
- languish
- lapse
- lay down
- leak
- leave
- leave no trace
- leave service
- leave-taking
- leaving
- lend
- lessen
- lessening
- let up
- liberation
- living quarters
- locality
- lockup
- lodge
- lodging
- lose ground
- low tide
- low water
- make a getaway
- make a U-turn
- make off
- make one's escape
- make oneself scarce
- make quick exit
- make tracks
- make vacant
- makeshift
- marooning
- meeting place
- melt
- melt away
- migration
- mineral spring
- moderate
- monastery
- monkhood
- motel
- mouth
- move
- move back
- move backwards
- move out
- national park
- nature preserve
- nest
- niche
- nick
- nig
- nonparticipation
- nook
- notch
- nunnery
- oasis
- obscurantism
- occurrence
- offgoing
- one's space
- open
- opening
- opt out
- order
- oriel
- orifice
- out
- outbreak
- outlet
- outward flow
- override
- overthrow
- overturn
- pact
- pad
- palinode
- park
- parry
- part
- parting
- pass
- pass away
- passage
- passive resistance
- pawn
- peephole
- pen
- penetralia
- peninsula
- pension
- perfidy
- perforation
- perish
- peter out
- petering out
- phase out
- piers
- pit
- place
- pledge
- plunge
- pockmark
- port
- port in a storm
- powder
- precaution
- preservation
- preserve
- prevention
- priorate
- priory
- privacy
- privateness
- promise
- protection
- protector
- public house
- pull back
- pull in
- pull out
- puncture
- purlieu
- put out to pasture
- quail
- quarantine
- quarterage
- quiet
- quit
- quitting
- quoin
- rack
- range
- reaches
- react
- reaction
- reappear
- reappearance
- rearrange
- rebellion
- rebound
- recall
- recant
- recantation
- recede
- receptacle
- recess
- recession
- reclusion
- reclusiveness
- recoil
- recoiling
- recompense
- recompensing
- reconsider
- recourse
- recovery
- recreance
- recreancy
- recrudesce
- recrudescence
- recur
- recurrence
- redemption
- reduce
- reef
- reel
- reel back
- reel in
- reenter
- reentrance
- reestablishment
- reexamine
- refluence
- reflux
- refuge
- refuse
- regress
- regression
- reinstatement
- rejection
- rejoinder
- relapse
- relax
- release
- relent
- religious community
- relinquish
- relinquishment
- remoteness
- removal
- remove
- rendezvous
- renege
- renounce
- rent
- renunciation
- reoccur
- reoccurrence
- reoccurring
- repair
- repeal
- repeat
- repel
- repetition
- replacement
- repossession
- repudiate
- repudiation
- repulse
- rescind
- rescission
- rescue
- reserve
- resign
- resignation
- resort
- resource
- resting place
- restitution
- restoration
- restoring
- restraint
- rethink
- retire
- retirement
- retrace one's steps
- retrace steps
- retracing
- retract
- retreat
- retreating
- retrenchment
- retroaction
- retrocede
- retrocession
- retroflux
- retrograde
- retrogress
- retrogression
- return
- reverberation
- reverse
- reversion
- revert
- revisit
- revisitation
- revocation
- revoke
- revolt
- revolution
- revolve
- revolving
- revulsion
- right
- right wing
- roadhouse
- roads
- roadstead
- roll back
- romp
- roof
- roof over head
- roost
- rotate
- rotating
- rotation
- ruin
- rule out
- run
- run along
- run scared
- run-around
- runaround
- running away
- running out on
- rusticate
- safe harbor
- safe haven
- safe house
- safe place
- safeguard
- safekeeping
- safeness
- safety
- safety island
- safety isle
- safety measure
- safety zone
- sag
- sailing
- salvation
- sanctuary
- sanctum
- say goodbye
- scamper
- school
- scoop
- scoot
- scram
- screen
- scruple
- seaport
- secede
- secession
- seclude oneself
- secluded
- seclusion
- seclusiveness
- secret place
- security
- segregation
- self-restraint
- separate
- separateness
- separation
- sequester
- sequestration
- setting forth
- setting out
- sever connections
- severance
- shack
- shade
- shadow
- shaft
- shambles
- shanty
- sheathe
- shed
- shelter
- shield
- shift
- ship
- shirk
- shirking
- shove off
- shrink
- shrinkage
- shudder
- shun
- shunning
- shutout
- sidestepping
- sink
- sinking
- site
- skedaddle
- skip
- slacken
- slackening
- slide
- slink
- slip
- slot
- slough
- slump
- snuggery
- socket
- solitude
- sound
- spa
- space
- split
- spot
- spring
- stall
- stampede
- start
- start back
- status quo
- steering clear of
- step on it
- step on the gas
- stomping ground
- stop
- stop participating
- stop working
- stopgap
- stopover
- stronghold
- study
- submission
- submit
- subside
- subsidence
- subtract
- sundering
- surety
- surrender
- surveillance
- suspend
- sweep
- swerve
- switch
- take a hike
- take away
- take back
- take flight
- take in
- take leave
- take off
- take one's leave
- take out
- takeoff
- taking leave
- taking off
- taper
- tavern
- tear
- tent
- tergiversation
- thrashing
- throw back
- throwback
- throwing in the towel
- token
- Toryism
- tourist center
- tourist trap
- tower
- transfer
- transplace
- transpose
- trashing
- treachery
- truancy
- truce flag
- trysting place
- tunnel
- turf
- turn
- turn around
- turn back
- turn in
- turn on a dime
- turn over
- turn tail
- turning back
- umbrella
- unsay
- upend
- upset
- vacate
- vacation
- vacuity
- vamoose
- vanish
- vanishing act
- vanquishment
- vault
- vent
- vessel
- villa
- void
- walkout
- walkover
- wane
- waning
- ward
- warrant
- wash
- washout
- watering hole
- waxing
- way out
- weaken
- weakening
- welsh
- wharf
- whipping
- wimp out
- wince
- window
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
- yield
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