Synonyms for retreat
rɪˈtritre·treat

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1. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   defense, repulsion, resistance, submission, surrender

   Antonyms:
   aggression, assault, attack, attack, encroachment, incursion, infringement, intrusion, invasion, onset, onslaught, trespass

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   retirement, departure, withdrawal, seclusion, solitude, privacy, asylum, shelter, refuge, recess

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1. retreatnoun

   (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

   "the disorderly retreat of French troops"

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

   Antonyms:
   procession, advance, onward motion, advancement, progression, progress, forward motion

2. retreatnoun

   a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

   Antonyms:
   advancement, progress, progression, advance, onward motion, procession, forward motion

3. retreatnoun

   (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

   Antonyms:
   advance, procession, progression, forward motion, advancement, onward motion, progress

4. retreatnoun

   (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

   Antonyms:
   advancement, advance, progression, forward motion, procession, onward motion, progress

5. hideaway, retreatnoun

   an area where you can be alone

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideout, den, hideaway

   Antonyms:
   forward motion, advance, progression, procession, advancement, onward motion, progress

6. retirement, retreatnoun

   withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

   "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

   Antonyms:
   progress, advance, forward motion, procession, progression, onward motion, advancement

7. retreatverb

   the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

   Antonyms:
   onward motion, procession, forward motion, progress, progression, advancement, advance

8. withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backverb

   pull back or move away or backward

   "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

   Synonyms:
   call in, swallow, sequester, lose, seclude, crawfish out, drop off, retire, crawfish, hit the hay, take, back away, strike out, back out, put out, take back, hit the sack, pull away, take out, fall back, unsay, turn in, crawl in, bow out, fall behind, draw back, recede, bed, sack out, recall, move back, retrograde, call back, go to sleep, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, go to bed, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, draw off, retract, pull back, kip down, remove

   Antonyms:
   procession, progress, advance, forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progression

9. retreatverb

   move away, as for privacy

   "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

   Synonyms:
   pull away, crawfish, draw back, back out, back away, retrograde, recede, withdraw, pull in one's horns, move back, retire, crawfish out, pull back

   Antonyms:
   procession, advancement, advance, forward motion, onward motion, progression, progress

10. retrograde, retreatverb

    move back

    "The glacier retrogrades"

    Synonyms:
    draw back, retrogress, withdraw, back away, regress, retire, hash over, back out, retrograde, crawfish, move back, rehash, recede, pull away, pull in one's horns, pull back, crawfish out

    Antonyms:
    progression, progress, advance, onward motion, advancement, procession, forward motion

11. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

    make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

    Synonyms:
    recall, retract, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, back out, back away, draw off, remove, seclude, take, retire, draw, take back, pull back, call back, retrograde, crawfish, move back, sequestrate, recede, bow out, pull away, take out, adjourn, pull in one's horns, unsay, crawfish out, disengage

    Antonyms:
    procession, progress, advancement, progression, advance, onward motion, forward motion

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Bugle Call
   • Military
   • Move
   • Recede
   • Signal
   • Withdrawal

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ssae

   to leave instantly

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   departure, withdrawal

2. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   retirement, seclusion, privacy

3. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   asylum, refuge, shelter

4. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   haunt, resort, den

5. retreatverb

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, retire, give way

6. retreatverb

   Synonyms:
   recede, fall back, take the back track

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   retirement, withdrawal, refuge, asylum, seclusion, privacy, fastness

2. retreatverb

   Synonyms:
   retire, withdraw, recede

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1. List of paraphrases for "retreat":

   retirement, withdrawal, retreats, retreated, retraite, pension, -retreat, retire, retiring, seminar, decline, climb-down, retraction, withdraw, retired, eases, reconsiders, backspace, regression

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1. Melisse Gelula:

   Fitness retreat used to mean go away and lose weight, now it's just working fitness into a schedule that might also include lavish dinners, beach time, cocktail hours, nights out dancing.

2. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

3. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   I think from a perspective, if you're sitting here at a retreat that's focused on policy, focused on the future of making America in the next century, and you're talking about something else, you're not being productive.

4. Justice Potter Stewart:

   The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.

5. Ken Burns:

   His phrasing owes more to jazz than it does to any country rhythms, and that's what made it hard for him to fit it into Nashville, they couldn't figure out what to do with his phrasing and he needed to retreat to his native Texas, where they loved him and took him for what he was.