Recede, retreat, retrograde, retract, back can all mean to move or seem to move in a direction that is exactly the opposite of ahead or forward.
Category: Synonyms
Rebound vs Reverberate vs Recoil vs Resile vs Repercuss
Rebound, reverberate, recoil, resile, repercuss are comparable when they mean to spring back to an original position or shape.
Rebellion vs Revolution vs Uprising vs Revolt vs Insurrection vs Mutiny vs Putsch vs Coup
Rebellion, revolution, uprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, putsch, coup can all denote a war or an armed outbreak against a government or against powers in authority.
Rebel vs Insurgent vs Iconoclast
Rebel, insurgent, iconoclast are comparable when they denote one who rises up against constituted authority or the established order.
Reason vs Understanding vs Intuition
Reason, understanding, intuition can all denote that power of the intellect by which man arrives at truth or knowledge.
Reason vs Ground vs Argument vs Proof
Reason, ground, argument, proof are comparable when they mean a point or series of points offered or capable of being offered in support of something questioned or disputed.
Reap vs Glean vs Gather vs Garner vs Harvest
Reap, glean, gather, garner, harvest are comparable when they mean to do the work or a given part of the work of collecting ripened crops.
Realize vs Actualize vs Embody vs Incarnate vs Materialize vs Externalize vs Objectify vs Hypostatize vs Reify
Realize, actualize, embody, incarnate, materialize, externalize, objectify, hypostatize, reify are the chief words in English meaning to give concrete or objective existence to something that has existed as an abstraction or a conception or a possibility.
Real vs Actual vs True
Real, actual, true, and their derivative nouns reality, actuality, truth are often interchangeable in general, as distinct from technical philosophical or critical, language without marked loss when they mean correspondent to or what is correspondent to all the facts known and knowable.
Readiness vs Ease vs Facility vs Dexterity
Readiness, ease, facility, dexterity are comparable when they mean the power of doing something without evidence of effort, or the quality of work that manifests such effortlessness.
Reach vs Gain vs Compass vs Achieve vs Attain
Reach, gain, compass, achieve, attain can mean to arrive at a point by effort or work.
Ray vs Beam
Ray, beam are comparable when they denote a shaft of light.