Synonyms of withdrawn

withdrawn 1 of 2

adjective

wit͟h-ˈdrȯn 

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a therapist who is especially good with withdrawn, emotionally troubled children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withdrawn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• repealed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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of withdrawn

Adjective

My main criticism is its withdrawn camera, which is set too far away from the action in most stages. —PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025

Parents watch as their once-curious children become withdrawn, dreading school instead of embracing it. —Claudia Nachtigal, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025

Verb

The conclusions in this paper also were criticized by other scientists and the paper was withdrawn. —Dave Wessner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

One country has already withdrawn from the NPT—North Korea in 2003—and the treaty did not fall apart. —Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024