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retreats - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull back, go away |
| Synonyms: | abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, beat it, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, go, go back, hand over, hide, leave, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrograde, reverse, run, sequester, shrink, turn tail*, vacate, withdraw, backtrack, cave in, give ground, go along with, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, move back, retrocede, seclude oneself, start back |
| Antonyms: | advance, face, forge, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | departure |
| Synonyms: | ebb, evacuation, flight, withdrawal, retirement |
| Antonyms: | advance, arrival, coming |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place one goes for peace |
| Synonyms: | ark, asylum, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, ivory tower*, port, privacy, refuge, resort, safe house, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude, adytum, hiding place, retirement, safe place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avoidance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eluding; preventing |
| Synonyms: | delay, departure, dodge, escape, evasion, flight, forbearance, parry, passive resistance, prevention, recession, recoil, restraint, retreat, run-around, self-restraint, absention, circumvention, dodging, elusion, escapism, eschewal, nonparticipation, shirking, shunning, steering clear of |
| Antonyms: | meeting |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in reverse direction |
| Synonyms: | fall back, recede, regress, repel, repulse, retire, retract, retreat, reverse, turn tail, withdraw, backtrack, drive back |
| Antonyms: | advance, go forward |
| Main Entry: | back down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back off |
| Synonyms: | abandon, accede, acquiesce, admit, back off, back out, balk, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, chicken out, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, hold back, pull out, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, take back, withdraw, yield, back pedal, backtrack, beg off, cave in, give ground, give up, go back on, have no fight left, pull back, wimp out, withdraw from agreement or statement |
| Antonyms: | go forwaard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, apartment, 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, antechamber, bastille |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | cloister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secluded religious place |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cell, convent, hermitage, house, monastery, nunnery, order, retreat, sanctuary, chapter house, friary, lamasery, priorate, priory, religious community |
| Main Entry: | convent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nunnery |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cloister, monastery, retreat, school, religious community |
| Main Entry: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | niche |
| Synonyms: | angle, cavity, compartment, cranny, hideaway, hole, indentation, nook, recess, retreat, hide-out |
| Main Entry: | countermand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annul, cancel a command |
| Synonyms: | override, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, retreat, reverse, revoke |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, sound, wash, firth, frith, slough |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
| Synonyms: | asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter, harborage |
| Main Entry: | defection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | alienation, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, lack, parting, rebellion, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, withdrawal, apostasy, backsliding, disownment, forsaking, recreancy, severance, sundering, tergiversation |
| Antonyms: | joining |
| Main Entry: | den |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cavern, hideaway |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cave, cloister, couch, cubbyhole, haunt, hideout, hole, lair, lodge, nest, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, study, atelier, hotbed, sanctum, snuggery |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | adieu, bow out*, desertion, egress, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, farewell, flight, getaway*, goodbye*, migration, parting, passage, powder*, recession, removal, retreat, separation, stampede, start, takeoff, vacation, withdrawal, abandonment, congé, decampment, egression, embarkation, expatriation, going, going away, hegira, quitting, retirement, sailing, setting forth, setting out, taking leave, taking off, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, avoidance, betrayal, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, divorce, escape, evasion, flight, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retreat, secession, treachery, withdrawal, absconding, apostasy, backsliding, castoff, defecting, departing, disavowal, disavowing, elusion, falling away, falseness, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, relinquishment, retirement, running out on, tergiversation, truancy |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help, staying |
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