Antonyms for retreat
rɪˈtritre·treat

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1. retreatnoun

   Antonyms:
   aggression, assault, attack, attack, encroachment, incursion, infringement, intrusion, invasion, onset, onslaught, trespass

   Synonyms:
   defense, repulsion, resistance, submission, surrender

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1. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   retirement, departure, withdrawal, seclusion, solitude, privacy, asylum, shelter, refuge, recess

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Bugle Call
   • Military
   • Move
   • Recede
   • Signal
   • Withdrawal

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1. retreatnoun

   (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

   "the disorderly retreat of French troops"

   Antonyms:
   procession, advance, onward motion, advancement, progression, progress, forward motion

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

2. retreatnoun

   a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

   Antonyms:
   advancement, progress, progression, advance, onward motion, procession, forward motion

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

3. retreatnoun

   (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

   Antonyms:
   advance, procession, progression, forward motion, advancement, onward motion, progress

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

4. retreatnoun

   (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

   Antonyms:
   advancement, advance, progression, forward motion, procession, onward motion, progress

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

5. hideaway, retreatnoun

   an area where you can be alone

   Antonyms:
   forward motion, advance, progression, procession, advancement, onward motion, progress

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideout, den, hideaway

6. retirement, retreatnoun

   withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

   "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"

   Antonyms:
   progress, advance, forward motion, procession, progression, onward motion, advancement

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

7. retreatverb

   the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

   Antonyms:
   onward motion, procession, forward motion, progress, progression, advancement, advance

   Synonyms:
   retirement, hideaway

8. withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backverb

   pull back or move away or backward

   "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

   Antonyms:
   procession, progress, advance, forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progression

   Synonyms:
   call in, swallow, sequester, lose, seclude, crawfish out, drop off, retire, crawfish, hit the hay, take, back away, strike out, back out, put out, take back, hit the sack, pull away, take out, fall back, unsay, turn in, crawl in, bow out, fall behind, draw back, recede, bed, sack out, recall, move back, retrograde, call back, go to sleep, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, go to bed, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, draw off, retract, pull back, kip down, remove

9. retreatverb

   move away, as for privacy

   "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

   Antonyms:
   procession, advancement, advance, forward motion, onward motion, progression, progress

   Synonyms:
   pull away, crawfish, draw back, back out, back away, retrograde, recede, withdraw, pull in one's horns, move back, retire, crawfish out, pull back

10. retrograde, retreatverb

    move back

    "The glacier retrogrades"

    Antonyms:
    progression, progress, advance, onward motion, advancement, procession, forward motion

    Synonyms:
    draw back, retrogress, withdraw, back away, regress, retire, hash over, back out, retrograde, crawfish, move back, rehash, recede, pull away, pull in one's horns, pull back, crawfish out

11. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

    make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

    Antonyms:
    procession, progress, advancement, progression, advance, onward motion, forward motion

    Synonyms:
    recall, retract, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, back out, back away, draw off, remove, seclude, take, retire, draw, take back, pull back, call back, retrograde, crawfish, move back, sequestrate, recede, bow out, pull away, take out, adjourn, pull in one's horns, unsay, crawfish out, disengage

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1. retreatnoun

   Synonyms:
   retirement, withdrawal, refuge, asylum, seclusion, privacy, fastness

2. retreatverb

   Synonyms:
   retire, withdraw, recede

How to use retreat in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   At the end of the day, anyone else will be intimidated, bought off, blackmailed or ripped to shreds. I alone will never retreat.

2. Arianna Huffington:

   It perfectly illustrates the current moment – right now that first retreat he’s talking about is mostly digital. That’s how we get away from ourselves — by retreating into technology and social media. But the only way to find peace and thrive is to take breaks from the world and make time to regularly renew ourselves by reconnecting with ourselves.

3. Read MoreThe study:

   Can we build walls and levies and dikes fast enough to keep up with that ? One concern would be that at that point you're sort of looking at managed retreat essentially, rather than geoengineering in a lot of places. at the high end, the worst-case scenarios, with sort of business as usual greenhouse gas emissions... we will literally be remapping coastlines.

4. Hussain Kassar:

   Police forces have been fighting Islamic State fighters since Friday, but lack of ammunition forced it to retreat and losing the town. I'm frustrated because we were left alone without support.

5. Eli Lebowitz:

   All kids experienced loss, whether loss of their normal lives, their family's livelihood or loved ones, it's not surprising that we are seeing kids retreat into the places where they do have control.

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