Synonyms of withdrawing

withdrawing

verb

present participle of withdraw

1

as in retreating

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

• retreating
• retiring
• fleeing
• evacuating
• receding
• pulling out
• falling back
• giving way
• losing ground
• backing away
• dropping back
• leaving
• flying
• detaching
• recoiling
• shrinking
• giving ground
• flinching
• abandoning
• departing
• going
• disengaging
• vacating
• disentangling
• backtracking
• quitting
• climbing down
• pulling away
• backing down
• backpedaling
• bowing out
• chickening (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advancing
• confronting
• facing
• defying
• daring
• breasting
• braving
• brazening
• bearding
• outbraving

2

as in retracting

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

• retracting
• renouncing
• denying
• abandoning
• relinquishing
• contradicting
• repealing
• refuting
• recanting
• repudiating
• reneging
• abjuring
• foreswearing
• taking back
• forswearing
• recalling
• forsaking
• abnegating
• unsaying
• revoking
• disowning
• spurning
• disavowing
• surrendering
• negating
• disclaiming
• disputing
• controverting
• rebutting
• disproving
• disallowing
• disagreeing (with)
• negativing
• backtracking
• bolting
• giving up
• backing off
• backing down
• gainsaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintaining
• stating
• claiming
• declaring
• asserting
• admitting
• acknowledging
• adhering (to)
• affirming
• supporting
• contending
• defending
• proclaiming
• confirming
• endorsing
• professing
• accepting
• adopting
• backing
• upholding
• embracing
• vowing
• avowing
• vouching
• indorsing
• espousing

3

as in removing

to take away from a place or position

withdrew her hand from the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• pulling
• drawing
• extracting
• taking out
• dislodging
• clearing
• moving
• shifting
• transferring
• abstracting
• cutting
• displacing
• drawing out
• drawing off
• transposing
• demounting
• dislocating
• disturbing
• budging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• putting
• placing
• positioning
• mounting
• securing
• clamping
• setting
• fixing
• anchoring
• implanting
• embedding
• hitching
• mooring
• entrenching
• rooting
• sticking
• lodging
• imbedding
• intrenching
• situating
• setting up
• siting
• engraining
• ingraining