What are some opposite words for retreat?

Antonyms for retreat
rɪˈtritre·treat

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. retreatnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    defense, repulsion, resistance, submission, surrender

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 3 votes

  1. retreatnoun

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. retreatnoun

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

  2. retreatverb

    Synonyms:
    retire, withdraw, recede

How to use retreat in a sentence?

  1. Laurence Bolotin:

    We have reached out to start a dialogue with the Warrior Beach Retreat and to offer whatever assistance we can to rectify this awful situation.

  2. 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.

  3. Richard Milhous Nixon:

    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

  4. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

    Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace.

  5. Mitch McConnell:

    It is retreat in the face of an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated the concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan.

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#1837advance
#2262attack
#6171assault
#7722invasion
#8206retreat
#9793advancement
#9984infringement
#10769progression
#11826onset
#12999intrusion
#15217aggression
#24284procession
#30473onslaught
#33365trespass
#39458encroachment
#60311incursion

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