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step down (from)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of step down (from)

1 to give up (a job or office)

  • with the advent of his 90th birthday, he could no longer resist calls for him to step down from chairmanship of the board
Synonyms of step down (from)

bag, chuck, leave, quit, resign (from), retire (from), step aside (from)
Words Related to step down (from)

abandon, vacate

drop out (of), throw up
Phrases Synonymous with step down (from)

give notice
Near Antonyms of step down (from)

hire (out or on)
Antonyms of step down (from)

stay (at)

2 to give up (as a position of authority) formally

  • even in the face of a palace revolt, Queen Elizabeth I refused to step down from the throne
Synonyms of step down (from)

abdicate, abnegate, cede, relinquish, renounce, resign, step aside (from), surrender
Words Related to step down (from)

abjure, demit, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, waive

forsake, give up, hand over, yield

abandon, desert, quit, vacate
Near Antonyms of step down (from)

appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim, confiscate

seize, take over, usurp, wrest

defend, guard, protect, safeguard, secure

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