| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | departure |
Synonyms: |
ebb, evacuation, flight, retirement, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
advance, arrival, coming |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place one goes for peace |
Synonyms: |
adytum, ark, asylum, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, hiding place, ivory tower, port, privacy, refuge, resort, retirement, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull back, go away |
Synonyms: |
abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, beat it, cave in, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, give ground, go, go along with, go back, hand over, hide, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, leave, move back, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, run, seclude oneself, sequester, shrink, start back, turn tail, vacate, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
advance, face, forge, meet |
| Main Entry: | asylum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
Synonyms: |
cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower, port, preserve, refuge, retreat, safe house, safety, sanctuary, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | avoidance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eluding; preventing |
Synonyms: |
absention, circumvention, delay, departure, dodge, dodging, elusion, escape, escapism, eschewal, evasion, flight, forbearance, nonparticipation, parry, passive resistance, prevention, recession, recoil, restraint, retreat, run-around, self-restraint, shirking, shunning, steering clear of |
Antonyms: |
meeting |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in reverse direction |
Synonyms: |
backtrack, drive back, fall back, recede, regress, repel, repulse, retire, retract, retreat, reverse, turn tail, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
advance, go forward |
| Main Entry: | back down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back off |
Synonyms: |
abandon, accede, acquiesce, admit, back off, back out, back pedal, backtrack, balk, beg off, bow out, cancel, cave in, chicken out, chicken out, concede, cop out, demur, give ground, give in, give up, go back on, have no fight left, hold back, pull back, pull out, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, take back, wimp out, withdraw, withdraw from agreement or statement, yield |
Antonyms: |
go forwaard |
| Main Entry: | bail out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
Synonyms: |
flee, quit, retreat, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
stay |
| Main Entry: | burrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole dug by animal |
Synonyms: |
couch, den, hovel, lair, retreat, shelter, tunnel |
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
Synonyms: |
alcove, antechamber, apartment, bastille, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |