Synonyms of withdrawn

withdrawn 1 of 2

adjective

as in shy

not comfortable around people

a therapist who is especially good with withdrawn, emotionally troubled children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shy
• lone
• retiring
• introverted
• bashful
• diffident
• reserved
• coy
• modest
• sheepish
• backward
• recessive
• embarrassed
• demure
• self-effacing
• awkward
• antisocial
• inhibited
• unsociable
• unsocial
• uneasy
• unassertive
• lone-wolf
• uptight
• unadventurous
• self-conscious
• unenterprising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outgoing
• extroverted
• extraverted
• social
• immodest
• sociable
• gregarious
• companionable
• boon
• convivial
• forceful
• bold
• uninhibited
• unreserved
• dashing
• clubable
• forward
• brash
• clubbable
• overbold

withdrawn

2 of 2

verb

past participle of withdraw

1

as in retreated

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

the army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreated
• retired
• fled
• receded
• evacuated
• left
• pulled out
• dropped back
• lost ground
• given way
• fallen back
• flown
• backed away
• departed
• abandoned
• given ground
• flinched
• recoiled
• detached
• shrunk
• shrunken
• quitted
• vacated
• disengaged
• quit
• climbed down
• pulled away
• disentangled
• backed down
• gone
• backtracked
• bowed out
• backpedaled
• chickened (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in retracted

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)

withdrew the offer of surrender upon hearing the terms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retracted
• denied
• renounced
• repealed
• recalled
• abandoned
• relinquished
• recanted
• taken back
• repudiated
• reneged
• abjured
• forsworn
• contradicted
• foresworn
• revoked
• surrendered
• abnegated
• disowned
• spurned
• disavowed
• refuted
• forsaken
• unsaid
• disclaimed
• negated
• disputed
• gainsaid
• rebutted
• disagreed (with)
• disproved
• controverted
• disallowed
• bolted
• backed off
• backtracked
• given up
• negatived
• backed down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stated
• admitted
• maintained
• declared
• claimed
• acknowledged
• affirmed
• adhered (to)
• asserted
• contended
• confirmed
• proclaimed
• supported
• adopted
• accepted
• endorsed
• backed
• defended
• professed
• upheld
• vowed
• vouched
• embraced
• avowed
• indorsed
• espoused

3

as in removed

to take away from a place or position

withdrew her hand from the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removed
• pulled
• drawn
• taken out
• cleared
• extracted
• dislodged
• moved
• shifted
• abstracted
• transferred
• drawn out
• drawn off
• demounted
• disturbed
• cut
• displaced
• transposed
• dislocated
• budged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• placed
• put
• positioned
• mounted
• secured
• fixed
• set
• clamped
• anchored
• embedded
• lodged
• moored
• rooted
• implanted
• hitched
• entrenched
• imbedded
• situated
• set up
• stuck
• intrenched
• engrained
• ingrained
• sited