receding

Definitions

Moving back or further away from a previous position.

Gradually diminishing in intensity, presence, or size.

Sloping backward from a vertical plane, as with a hairline or chin.

Examples

The receding tide revealed a vast stretch of wet sand and hidden tide pools.

He felt self-conscious about his receding hairline and decided to shave his head.

Synonyms

retreating withdrawing ebbing waning diminishing declining retrograding

Antonyms

advancing approaching increasing growing expanding protruding bulging