recede

recede is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
2. intransitive verb. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.
3. intransitive verb. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.
4. verb. become faint or more distant

   "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

5. verb. retreat

   Synonyms: lose

6. verb. pull back or move away or backward

   "The enemy withdrew"

   "The limo pulled away from the curb"

   Synonyms: retire, retreat, withdraw

Synonyms

lose, retire, retreat, withdraw

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in recede:

decree

Common word forms

receded, receder, recedes, receding

Words from these letters

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