recede

Meaning

1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw; to retrocede.
2. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
3. To take back.

Synonyms

retreat

withdraw

draw back

move back

ebb

decrease

fall back

regress

pull back

decline

diminish

recoil

subside

retire

fall behind

return

abate

back down

retrogress

drop off

pull away

yield

step back

go down

retract

retrograde

fall

lessen

lose

climb down

delay

walk back

dwindle

go backward

back up

reduce

go back

give in

give up

give way

give way to

go in

go out

grant

hesitate

lessened

lighten

lower

move over

postpone

procrastinate

pull

pull out

push back

put off

reduced

relent

resist

send back

set back

shelve

shorten

shrink

step aside

efface oneself

turn back

turn in

vanish

weaken

backpedal

become dim

become distant

defer to

lag behind

shrink from

stand down

be distant

subduce

waste

move closer

retreat in disarray

abandon

slant backward

accommodate

adjourn

allow

assign

backward

become dry

blench

bow

🙇

bow out

bring down

budge

cave in

cede

cringe

curtail

cut down

defer

depart

desist

die down

disappear

drag

drop

drop back

dry up

ease off

ease up

ebb away

evaporate

excuse

fall away

fiddle

flinch

flow back

give

give back

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈsiːd/

Etymology

From Middle French receder, from Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).