Antonyms of verb recede
1 of 3 senses of recede
Sense 1
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back -- (pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb")
Antonym of advance (Sense 1)
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on -- (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb recede
3 senses of recede
Sense 1
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back -- (pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb")
=> travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")
Sense 2
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede -- (retreat)
=> regress, retrograde, retrogress -- (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
Sense 3
recede -- (become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")