recede synonyms

recede

v.

  1. To go backward

    fall back, draw back, shrink, withdraw; see retreat 1.

  2. To sink

    ebb, drift away, lower, turn down, abate, decline, decrease, die away, go away, drop back, wash back, drop, fall, fall off, lessen, subside; see also decrease 1, fall 1.

    Antonyms rise*, flow*, increase.

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