Synonyms & related words for recedes

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of recedes. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to recedes

Explore words related to recedes — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include receded, receding, withdraw, subside, dwindle, wane, fades, evanesce. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does recedes come from?

The word recedes breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -cede, from Latin cedo (“go, yield”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.