Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun receding

2 senses of receding

Sense 1
receding, fadeout -- (a slow or gradual disappearance)
       => disappearance -- (the event of passing out of sight)

Sense 2
receding, recession -- (the act of becoming more distant)
       => withdrawal -- (the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam")

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")

Antonyms of adj receding

1 sense of receding

Sense 1
receding (prenominal) -- ((of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back)

INDIRECT (VIA backward) -> forward -- (at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion")

Similarity of adj receding

1 sense of receding

Sense 1
receding (prenominal) -- ((of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back)
       => backward (vs. forward) -- (directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view")