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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recedes

As the water recedes, Leticia's cargo wharf has been extended several times to reach the river. —John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025

The discovery also shows how a single strong runoff year, 2023, postponed serious water shortages on the Colorado River, and how, two years later, as the water recedes again, those shortages loom on the horizon. —Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025

As August fades into September and the aching heat recedes to cooler temperatures, the last of summer slides away. —Kat Robinson River Valley Eats, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2025

Just wait it out and cross when the water recedes. —Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025

As Paul and Carey’s friendship ebbs and flows, the question of what Julie and Ashley could possibly be getting out of this strained nonsense recedes ever more damningly into the background. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

Under its dense canopy, just a few metres from cranes and rising concrete, the air cools, the light softens, and the noise recedes. —Davi Neustein, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2025

As society recedes in the spring of 2020, film director Paul Berger (Vincent Macaigne) returns to his childhood home in the provincial Chevreuse Valley. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025

And as this relative role recedes, Washington has not compensated by stepping in to lead on rule making. —Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025