Synonyms of recedes

recedes

verb

present tense third-person singular of recede

1

as in subsides

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subsides
• diminishes
• decreases
• vanishes
• falls
• shrinks
• eases
• declines
• wanes
• ebbs
• dwindles
• tapers
• lessens
• abates
• palls
• relents
• evaporates
• weakens
• lowers
• moderates
• dies (away or down or out)
• tapers off
• remits
• drops (off)
• falls away
• drains (away)
• lets up
• ratchets (down)
• collapses
• rachets (down)
• de-escalates
• compresses
• phases down
• constricts
• condenses
• slackens
• relaxes
• alleviates
• slows (down)
• tails (off)
• melts (away)
• fades (away)
• contracts
• peters (out)
• gives out
• sinks
• deflates
• fritters (away)
• flags
• caves (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• grows
• increases
• intensifies
• expands
• builds
• accumulates
• enlarges
• swells
• escalates
• soars
• emerges
• appears
• mounts
• mushrooms
• waxes
• picks up
• burgeons
• shows up
• snowballs
• lengthens
• elongates
• bourgeons
• balloons
• distends
• blows up

2

as in withdraws

to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)

after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdraws
• retreats
• retires
• flees
• evacuates
• falls back
• pulls out
• backs away
• shrinks
• drops back
• gives way
• recoils
• detaches
• flies
• gives ground
• leaves
• departs
• flinches
• loses ground
• goes
• abandons
• disengages
• chickens (out)
• vacates
• backtracks
• backs down
• pulls away
• climbs down
• quits
• disentangles
• backpedals
• bows out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advances
• confronts
• faces
• defies
• dares
• breasts
• braves
• outbraves
• brazens
• beards