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Showing words for RECEDING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Receding

decreing, receding

7 Letter Words for Receding

cedrine, creeing, cringed, dereign, dreeing, energic, energid, generic, greined, grieced, reeding, reigned

6 Letter Words for Receding

ceding, cedrin, cendre, ceride, cerine, cering, cerned, cierge, cinder, crined, cringe, decern, decine, deeing, deicer, denier, dering, diener, dingee, dinger, edenic, edgier, edirne, engird, engrid, gender, gerned, girned, griece, idence, incede, nereid, recide, reding, reiced, reined, renied, ringed

5 Letter Words for Receding

ceder, cedre, cered, cerge, cerin, cerne, cider, creed, creen, cried, crine, deice, deign, deric, derig, dicer, diene, digne, diner, dinge, dirge, dreng, drice, edger, egrid, eider, eigne, ender, eneid, ering, erned, genic, genie, genre, gerne, gnide, grece, greed, green, grein, grice, gride, grind, inger, irene, neger, nicer, nidge, niece, niger, redig, regie, regin, reice, reign, reneg, renig, riced, riden, ridge, ringe

4 Letter Words for Receding

cede, cedi, cene, cere, cern, cide, cine, cire, cred, crig, crin, deen, deer, dene, deni, dere, dern, dice, dier, dine, ding, dire, dree, dreg, drie, eden, edge, eger, eide, eine, eire, ende, ened, engr, ered, eric, erie, erin, erne, geed, geer, geic, gein, geir, gene, gere, gied, gien, gird, gire, girn, gree, gren, grid, grin, iced, icer, idee, incr, inde, ired, need, neer, nerd, nice, nide, nied, recd, rede, reed, reen, regd, rein, rend, rgen, rice, ride, rind, rine, ring

3 Letter Words for Receding

cdg, cdr, cee, cen, cer, cid, cie, cig, cir, dec, dee, deg, dei, den, der, die, dig, din, dir, ecg, eec, eeg, een, eer, eir, enc, end, ene, eng, erd, ere, erg, ern, gcd, ged, gee, gen, ger, gid, gie, gin, ice, ide, ign, inc, ind, ing, ire, ned, nee, neg, nei, nid, nie, nig, rcd, rec, red, ree, reg, rei, rid, rie, rig, rin, rnd

Definitions for Receding

[1] to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
[2] to become more distant.
[3] (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space. Compare advance(def 15) .
[4] to slope backward: a chin that recedes.
[5] to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc.
[6] to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
[7] to withdraw from a point or limit; go back the tide receded
[8] to become more distant hopes of rescue receded
[9] to slope backwards apes have receding foreheads
[10] (of a man's hair) to cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead (of a man) to start to go bald in this way
[11] to decline in value or character
[12] (usually foll by from) to draw back or retreat, as from a promise

Words related to Receding

recedereduce, fade, ebb, wane, dwindle, lessen, taper, subside, decrease, sink, abate, diminish, shrink, retreat, retrogress, decline, retire, return, depart, drop

Words nearby Receding

recederecarburize, recast, recce, recd, recd., recede, receipt, receiptor, receivable, receive, received

Origin of Receding

e2First recorded in 1765–75; re- + cede

Words that may be confused with Receding

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, recederecede, reseed

Word origin for Receding

eC15: from Latin recēdere to go back, from re- + cēdere to yield, cede

Synonyms for Receding

abate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, lessen, reduce, retreat, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane, back, close, decline, depart, drop, regress, retire, retract, retrograde, retrogress, return, die off, drain away, draw back, flow back, go away, go back, retrocede