Synonyms Starting with R



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  • Retard Synonyms: delay, impede, hold back, hold up, hinder, slow up, detain, decelerate, arrest, slow down, slacken, brake, defer, postpone, stall, handicap.
  • Retch Synonyms: vomit.
  • Retention Synonyms: possession, keeping, holding, safekeeping, reservation, acquisition, accumulation, amassment, hoarding, custody, tenacity, grip, hold.memory, remembrance, recall, retentiveness, review, retrospection.
  • Rethink Synonyms: reconsider.
  • Reticent Synonyms: shy, diffident, withdrawn, retiring, reserved, low key, uncommunicative, subdued, quiet, restrained, self-effacing, bashful, secretive, silent, taciturn, closemouthed, mum.
  • Retinue Synonyms: retainers, train, suite, following, followers, cortege, entourage, escort, convoy, equipage.hangers-on, satellites, lackeys, sycophants, hirelings, admirers, claque, groupies, yes-men, henchmen.
  • Retire Synonyms: go away, withdraw, absent oneself, leave, step out, exit, vanish.quit, resign, leave, withdraw, abdicate, pull out, depart, vacate.bed down, turn in, call it a day, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out
  • Retired Synonyms: inactive, emeritus, pensioned, superannuated.
  • Retirement Synonyms: retreat, withdrawal, pullout, pullback, evacuation, flight, rout, regrouping.inactivity, relaxation, disengagement, leisure, abdication, departure, seclusion, rest.
  • Retiring Synonyms: shy, modest, reserved, self-effacing, timid, withdrawn, reticent, bashful, unassuming, diffident, quiet, distant, withdrawn, modest, mousy.
  • Retort Synonyms: rejoinder, riposte, comeback, quip, sally, give-and-take, putdown.respond, answer, reply, return, rebut, retaliate, counterclaim, argue, contend, sass.
  • Retract Synonyms: pull back, withdraw, draw in, hide, cover, sheathe.take back, disavow, disclaim, recant, renege, back down, give in, rescind, unsay, revoke, recall, countermand, repeal, repudiate, eat one's words.
  • Retreat Synonyms: withdrawal, pullout, pullback, backup, retirement, departure, abandonment, repositioning, evacuation, flight, escape, about-face, reversal, volte-face.refuge, haven, sanctuary, asylum, recourse, resor
  • Retrench Synonyms: economize, scrimp, scrape, cut back, cut costs, tighten one's belt, curtail, reduce, lessen, cut down.
  • Retribution Synonyms: punishment, retaliation, requital, justice, revenge, vengeance, reprisal, just deserts, vindication, penalty, price, reckoning, comeuppance, lex talionis.
  • Retrieve Synonyms: regain, get back, repossess, ransom, recover, redeem, reclaim, salvage, recoup.remember.remedy, make up for, rectify, correct, restore, repair, make good, satisfy, atone, put right, redress.
  • Retrograde Synonyms: regressive, backward, recessive, retreating, retiring.degenerate.retrogressive, declining, deteriorating, worsening, reverting, relapsing, debilitating.
  • Retrogress Synonyms: degenerate.
  • Return Synonyms: requite, retaliate, give back, repay, recompense, compensate, reciprocate.restoration, replacement, reflux, regress, reinstatement, retrieval, recapture.reappearance, recurrence, echo, rerun, reverber
  • Rev Up Synonyms: stimulate.accelerate.
  • Revamp Synonyms: renovate.
  • Reveal Synonyms: expose, bare, uncover, display, show, exhibit, unmask, unearth, unveil, strip, divest, bring to light, manifest, evince.disclose, divulge, make known, declare, tell, announce, communicate, publish, co
  • Revel Synonyms: carouse, make merry, feast, celebrate, frolic, romp, skylark, have a ball, roister, party.delight, enjoy, bask, luxuriate, rejoice, relish, wallow, lap up, savor, love, thrive on, gloat, crow.merrymak
  • Revelation Synonyms: disclosure, eye-opener, expose, news, surprise, shock, exposure, shocker, bombshell.
  • Revelry Synonyms: rejoicing, merrymaking, carousal, merriment, boisterousness, celebration, feasting, roistering, romping, skylarking, ball, gala, festival, carnival, jamboree, bash.

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