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withdraw

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of withdraw

1 to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)
  • The army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle.
Synonyms of withdraw

back away, drop back, fall back, pull out, recede, retire, retreat
Words Related to withdraw

flee, fly

flinch, recoil, shrink

chicken (out)

bow out

back down, backpedal, backtrack, climb down

detach, disengage, disentangle, pull away

abandon, depart, evacuate, go, leave, quit, vacate
Phrases Synonymous with withdraw

give ground, give way, lose ground
Near Antonyms of withdraw

beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, face, outbrave
Antonyms of withdraw

advance
2 to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
  • withdrew the offer of surrender upon hearing the terms
Synonyms of withdraw

abjure, forswear (also foreswear), recant, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay
Words Related to withdraw

contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negate, negative

abandon, bolt, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender

controvert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refute

back down, back off, backtrack

disallow, recall, revoke
Near Antonyms of withdraw

acknowledge, admit, affirm, assert, avow, claim, contend, declare, maintain, proclaim, profess, state, vouch, vow

back, confirm, defend, endorse (also indorse), espouse, maintain, support, uphold

accept, adopt, embrace
Antonyms of withdraw

adhere (to)
3 to take away from a place or position
  • withdrew her hand from the table
Synonyms of withdraw

clear, draw, remove, take out
Words Related to withdraw

demount, dislodge

abstract, cut, draw off, draw out, extract, pull

budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, move, shift, transfer, transpose
Near Antonyms of withdraw

mount

anchor, clamp, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

set up, site, situate, stick
Antonyms of withdraw

place, position, put

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