Retreat

//ɹɪˈtɹiːt//

Synonyms for "retreat" (349 found)

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Verb(3 words)

cringe cubby cubbyhole cup dark corner debate decamp decampment deceleration declension decline decline and fall decrescendo deliberate demur den depart departure descend detachment

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Noun(2 words)

foreign hideaway

Related words (174)

home home of rest hospice hospitium hover hum and haw incline incurve isolation isolationism ivory tower jib jim crow keel kiosk lair lapse lathhouse lean leave

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leaving list lose ground mew move away move back move off nest niche nook nursing home oasis orphanage parting passing pause pergola pitch place of refuge plunge ponder poor farm poorhouse port privacy privatism privatization pull pull away pull back pull out pullback pullout quail quarantine quit rake recede recedence receding recess recession reclusion recoil reculade reel reel back refuge relapse relinquishment remission removal remove renunciation resort rest home resting place retire retract retractation retractility retraction retrocede retrocedence rise rout run away run back rustication sanctuary sanctum sanctum sanctorum scruple seclusion secrecy secret place segregation separation sequestration sheer off shelter shelve shilly shally shilly-shally shrink shrink back shy sidestep sidestepping sidle sink slant slope slowdown slump solitude splendid isolation stand back stand off start start aside start back stash stick at stickle stop to consider straddle the fence strain strain at study subsidence summerhouse surrender swag sway swerve take flight think twice think twice about tilt tip turn aside turn tail undercovert uprise vacate vanish walkout wane weasel weasel out widen the distance wince withdrawal withdrawment workhouse yield

Noun(6 words)

kybo longhouse outhouse petty retirement shitter

Verb(11 words)

move back pull away pull back pull in one's horns pull out regrade revert roll back shrink sound a retreat turn tail

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

27 entries

area break break off bugle call cease country discontinue draw back give up go lay off locomote move move back pull away pull back

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More specific

3 entries

abandon flee leave

Antonyms

2 entries

advance

Synonyms

4 entries

hideaway retirement retrograde withdraw

Related terms

1 entries

retract

derived

17 entries

Rural Retreat beat a hasty retreat beat a retreat beat retreat counterretreat duty to retreat in retreat managed retreat reretreat retreatal retreatant retreatful retreatingness retreatism retreatist retreatlike

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derived from

1 entries

treat

has context

2 entries

chess military

is a

4 entries

area bugle call signal withdrawal

manner of

1 entries

travel

related to

33 entries

back back off backward backwards defecate failure go go back go backward lavatory military military failure moving moving backwards off outhouse

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similar

12 entries

back away back out crawfish crawfish out draw back move back pull away pull back pull in one's horns recede retire withdraw

Translations

161 translations across 45 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀναχωρέω verb (to withdraw military forces)

Arabic

3 entries

اِنْسِحَاب noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
تَرَاجُع noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
تَرَاجَعَ verb (to withdraw military forces)

Armenian

2 entries

նահանջ noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
նահանջել verb (to withdraw military forces)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

geriyə çəkilmə noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
geriçəkilmə noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
geri çəkilmək verb (to withdraw military forces)

Belarusian

4 entries

адступле́нне noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
адступле́ньне noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
вы́вад noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
прыту́лак noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)

Bulgarian

4 entries

отстъпле́ние noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
убе́жище noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
уедине́ние noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
отстъ́пвам verb (to withdraw military forces)

Catalan

1 entries

retrocedir verb (to withdraw military forces)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

後退 /后退 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
撤退 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
退卻 /退却 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
後退 /后退 verb (to withdraw military forces)

Czech

4 entries

ústup noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
útočiště noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
stáhnout se verb (to withdraw military forces)
ustoupit verb (to withdraw military forces)

Dutch

4 entries

aftocht noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retraite noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
terugtocht noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
terugtrekking noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)

Esperanto

1 entries

retiriĝo noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)

Estonian

2 entries

retriit noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
taanduma verb (to withdraw military forces)

Finnish

4 entries

perääntyminen noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
piilopaikka noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
turvapaikka noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
vetäytyminen noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)

French

4 entries

retraite noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retraite noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
retraite noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
battre en retraite verb (to withdraw military forces)

German

3 entries

Rückzug noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
abziehen verb (to withdraw military forces)
sich zurückziehen verb (to withdraw military forces)

Greek

2 entries

υποχώρηση noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
αποτραβιέμαι verb (to withdraw military forces)

Hungarian

2 entries

elvonulás noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
visszavonulás noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)

Icelandic

1 entries

hörfa verb (to withdraw military forces)

Indonesian

3 entries

khalwat noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
mundur noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retret noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)

Irish

1 entries

cúlaigh verb (to withdraw military forces)

Italian

4 entries

arretramento noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
eremo noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
ripiegamento noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
ritirata noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)

Japanese

4 entries

後退 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
撤退 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
退却 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
後退する verb (to withdraw military forces)

Korean

4 entries

철수 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
퇴각 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
후퇴 noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
후퇴하다 verb (to withdraw military forces)

Latin

4 entries

latebra noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
recessus noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
pedem referre verb (to withdraw military forces)
regredior verb (to withdraw military forces)

Latvian

1 entries

rekolekcija noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)

Macedonian

4 entries

повлекување noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
прибе́жиште noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
се повлекува verb (to withdraw military forces)
се повлече verb (to withdraw military forces)

Māori

4 entries

kuhunga noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
piringa noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
taui noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
tauitanga noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

retrett noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retrett noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
tilbaketrekking noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
tilbaketrekning noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

retrett noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retrett noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
tilbaketrekking noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

زاویه noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
قارش noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)

Persian

2 entries

عقبنشینی noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
عقبنشینی کردن verb (to withdraw military forces)

Polish

4 entries

odwrót noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
rekolekcje noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
wycofanie noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
odstąpić verb (to withdraw military forces)

Portuguese

4 entries

retirada noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retiro noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
retiro noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)
retirar verb (to withdraw military forces)

Romanian

2 entries

retragere noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retrage verb (to withdraw military forces)

Russian

4 entries

вы́вод noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
отступле́ние noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
убе́жище noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
уедине́ние noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cuilidh noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

povláčēnje noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
повла́че̄ње noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
pòvūći se verb (to withdraw military forces)
по̀вӯћи се verb (to withdraw military forces)

Slovak

3 entries

ústup noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
stiahnuť sa verb (to withdraw military forces)
ustúpiť verb (to withdraw military forces)

Slovene

3 entries

umik noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
umakniti se verb (to withdraw military forces)
umikati se verb (to withdraw military forces)

Spanish

4 entries

repliegue noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retirada noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
retiro noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
retiro noun (period of meditation, prayer, or study)

Swedish

1 entries

retirera verb (to withdraw military forces)

Tajik

2 entries

ақибнишинӣ noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
ақибнишинӣ кардан verb (to withdraw military forces)

Tamil

1 entries

பின்வாங்கு verb (to withdraw military forces)

Turkish

2 entries

geri çekilme noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
geri çekilmek verb (to withdraw military forces)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ви́ведення noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
ві́дступ noun (act of pulling back or withdrawing)
приту́лок noun (peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security)
відступа́ти verb (to withdraw military forces)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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The army had to retreat.

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I was uncertain whether to advance or to retreat.

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The trumpets sounded the retreat.

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He decided neither to advance nor to retreat.

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