Defenition of the word receding

• Defenition of the word receding

  • (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
  • that are flowing away; "the receding waters left muddy devastation"
  • a slow or gradual disappearance
  • a act of becoming more distant
  • moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline"
  • the act of becoming more distant

Synonyms for the word receding

• • diminishing
  • fadeout
  • losing ground
  • moving back
  • recession
  • retiring
  • retreating
  • thinning
  • withdrawing

Similar words in the receding

• • backward
  • ebb
  • low
  • receding
  • retreating

Hypernyms for the word receding

• • disappearance
  • withdrawal

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