Antonyms of verb withdraw

1 of 12 senses of withdraw

Sense 9
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off -- (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank")
       Antonym of deposit (Sense 2)
      => deposit, bank -- (put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb withdraw

12 senses of withdraw

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
retire, withdraw -- (withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess")
       => discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off -- (put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother")

Sense 3
disengage, withdraw -- (release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears")
       => let go of, let go, release, relinquish -- (release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall")

Sense 4
recall, call in, call back, withdraw -- (cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt")
       => take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks")

Sense 5
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw -- (take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words")
       => disown, renounce, repudiate -- (cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son")

Sense 6
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw -- (keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book")
       => isolate, insulate -- (place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates")

Sense 7
adjourn, withdraw, retire -- (break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library")
       => close up, close, fold, shut down, close down -- (cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop")

Sense 8
bow out, withdraw -- (retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship")
       => retire -- (go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68")

Sense 9
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off -- (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 10
retire, withdraw -- (lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died")
       => tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade -- (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food")

Sense 11
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw -- (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "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")

Sense 12
remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Antonyms of adj withdrawn

2 senses of withdrawn

Sense 1
recluse, reclusive, withdrawn -- (withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life")

INDIRECT (VIA unsocial) -> social -- (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; "a human being is a social animal"; "mature social behavior")

Sense 2
indrawn, withdrawn -- (tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man")

INDIRECT (VIA reserved) -> unreserved -- (not cautious or reticent; "unreserved behavior")

Similarity of adj withdrawn

2 senses of withdrawn

Sense 1
recluse, reclusive, withdrawn -- (withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life")
       => unsocial (vs. social) -- (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors")

Sense 2
indrawn, withdrawn -- (tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man")
       => reserved (vs. unreserved) -- (marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West)

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