reculer

Meaning

1. to move back, to put back
2. to go backwards
3. to back down, to concede
4. to back off, to draw back, to retreat
5. to recede, to gradualy disappear
6. to drop, to fall, to decline
7. to go astern

Concepts

retreat

back up

fall back

go backward

recoil

delay

back

🔙

regress

postpone

step back

recede

move back

defer

adjourn

retrogress

move

shrink

give way

walk back

cede

yield

give in

retire

kick

give up

back off

shrink back

walk backwards

put off

relinquish

flinch

set back

shelve

balk

back away

stand back

table

transfer

transmit

withdraw

move backward

rein-back

fight shy

reduce

abate

accommodate

assign

budge

convey

cringe

drop off

fall

fall behind

go

go back

go game

grant

hang down

hideaway

hold over

lapse

lose

make way

place

procrastinate

prorogue

pull back

push back

put

put over

quail

recidivate

relapse

remit

remove

resist

reverse

shift

step aside

Synonyms

s’écarter

se retirer

céder

s’éloigner

éloigner

différer

marcher à reculons

retarder

faire marche arrière

retourner en arrière

rétrograder

ajourner

remettre

rouler de côté

rouler en arrière

se mettre de côté

se retirer de côté

reporter

déplacer

repousser

mettre de côté

suspendre

abandonner

abdiquer

postposer

écarter

regresser

restreindre

retirer

sursauter

tomber

tressaillir

faire place

proroger

rétrocéder

s’écarter du chemin

surseoir

temporiser

rétrogader

arrière

🔙

avoir horreur

😡

abaisser

affaiblir

agiter

aller

aller en arrière

antre

approcher

atermoyer

baisser

battre

broncher

cache

donner

dos

🔙

fléchir

go

livrer

paumer

pendre

perdre

proverbe

rapprocher

recul

régresser

remuer

renvoyer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁə.ky.le/

Etymology

From re- + cul + -er.