DICTOMETER

RETREATS

1. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
   Examples:
   • The disorderly retreat of French troops
   Antonyms:
   progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • a place of privacy
   • a place affording peace and quiet
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Hideaway
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • an area where you can be alone
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Retirement
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
   Examples:
   • The religious retreat is a form of vacation activity
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Withdraw
   • Retreat
   • Pull away
   • Draw back
   • Recede
   • Pull back
   • Retire
   • Move back
   Definitions:
   • pull back or move away or backward
   Examples:
   • The enemy withdrew
   • The limo pulled away from the curb
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • move away, as for privacy
   Examples:
   • The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Retrograde
   • Retreat
   Definitions:
   • move back
   Examples:
   • The glacier retrogrades
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   • Pull back
   • Back out
   • Back away
   • Crawfish
   • Crawfish out
   • Pull in one's horns
   • Withdraw
   Definitions:
   • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
   Examples:
   • 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