Synonyms of receded

receded 1 of 2

adjective

as in dropped

Related Words

• dropped
• decreased
• depressed
• under
• knockdown
• down
• low

Dissimilar Words

• increased
• elevated
• raised
• high
• heightened
• up
• peaked
• extreme
• maximum
• full
• escalated
• utmost
• over
• inflated
• jacked (up)
• maximized
• overflowing
• sky-high
• overloaded
• oversize
• overfilled
• overlarge
• overfull

receded

2 of 2

verb

past tense of recede

1

as in subsided

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

• subsided
• decreased
• diminished
• fell
• vanished
• eased
• shrank
• ebbed
• declined
• waned
• dwindled
• lessened
• palled
• lowered
• tapered
• abated
• relented
• moderated
• evaporated
• dropped (off)
• died (away or down or out)
• weakened
• drained (away)
• remitted
• fell away
• tapered off
• let up
• ratcheted (down)
• racheted (down)
• de-escalated
• phased down
• compressed
• slackened
• alleviated
• constricted
• condensed
• contracted
• faded (away)
• collapsed
• melted (away)
• relaxed
• slowed (down)
• petered (out)
• frittered (away)
• tailed (off)
• gave out
• sank
• flagged
• deflated
• caved (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• grew
• rose
• intensified
• built
• expanded
• swelled
• enlarged
• soared
• mounted
• accumulated
• escalated
• emerged
• appeared
• waxed
• picked up
• mushroomed
• burgeoned
• ballooned
• snowballed
• showed up
• lengthened
• elongated
• distended
• blew up

2

as in retreated

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

after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreated
• withdrew
• retired
• fled
• evacuated
• fell back
• lost ground
• pulled out
• dropped back
• gave way
• backed away
• shrank
• flew
• left
• recoiled
• flinched
• gave ground
• detached
• departed
• went
• abandoned
• vacated
• disengaged
• backtracked
• climbed down
• backpedaled
• pulled away
• backed down
• disentangled
• bowed out
• quit
• chickened (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advanced
• confronted
• faced
• dared
• defied
• braved
• bearded
• breasted
• brazened
• outbraved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of receded

Verb

About a year’s worth of rain has already fallen in southern Texas and while water levels have receded in some areas, officials urge residents to remain vigilant while heavy showers continue in areas already inundated by torrential rain. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

In Kerrville, the city police department said in a noon update that while high water had mostly receded, the emergency is ongoing, with numerous road and bridge closures. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026

Earthwaves rose, receded and settled when the army’s priorities changed. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

The epidemic eventually receded, but not because anyone had mastered Ebola. — Ivan Buendia Gayton, STAT, 7 July 2026

Almost 100 years later, Stanley Hurst and others surveyed the damage after the Mississippi receded. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

After being the star of France’s demolition of Norway’s second string to round off the group phase, Dembele receded into a supporting role against Sweden and let Mbappe and Olise take centre stage. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026

These battles have completely receded from the American imagination, even though, in some ways, the American rebellion was a sideshow to a far greater imperial drama. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

Luckily, the crew rose to the occasion and saved fellow team members and Edgewater citizens while the water receded. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026