All advance antonyms
adΒ·vance
A a adjective advance
- last β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- later β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- after β If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
- behind β If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
verb advance
- regress β to move backward; go back.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- back down β If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- hesitate β to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- retrogress β to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- take back β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- borrow β If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- lessen β to become less.
- spurn β to reject with disdain; scorn.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
noun advance
- retrogression β the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- hesitation β the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
- impediment β obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- recession β a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- stagnation β the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- withdrawal β Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
- diminishment β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.