Retreat
Retreat is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 7 points
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Common
Meaning of retreat
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noun(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat.
“the disorderly retreat of French troops”
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nounA place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet.
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noun(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position.
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verbPull back or move away or backward.
“The enemy withdrew”
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verbMove away, as for privacy.
“The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer”
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verbMove back.
“The glacier retrogrades”
Similar: retrograde
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of retreat
Words inside retreat
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- ratter6
- tarter6
- terrae6
- retear6
- tearer6
- terret6
- treat5
- eater5
- terra5
- arete5
- rater5
- tater5
- tetra5
- tarre5
- rate4
- rare4
- rear4
- tear4
- tree4
- tart4
- tate4
- rete4
- tare4
- teat4
- tret4
- are3
- art3
- eat3
- ate3
- ear3
- era3
- rat3
- tea3
- att3
- ere3
- err3
- eta3
- ret3
- tae3
- tar3
Words that rhyme with retreat
- beat
- eat
- meet
- street
- cheat
- feet
- fleet
- heat
- meat
- seat
- sheet
- suite
- sweet
- treat
- tweet
- wheat
- beet
- feat
- greet
- neat
- peat
- cleat
- deet
- leet
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