Scrabble & Words with friends points
- retreats is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- retreats is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- retreats is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of retreats
- move back (verb)
Synonyms
- retrograde
- pull back or move away or backward (verb)
Synonyms
- draw back
- move back
- pull away
- pull back
- recede
- retire
- withdraw
- an area where you can be alone (noun)
Synonyms
- hideaway
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity (verb)
Synonyms
- back away
- back out
- crawfish
- crawfish out
- pull back
- pull in one's horns
- withdraw
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation (noun)
Examples
- the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity
Synonyms
- retirement
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet (noun)
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset (noun)
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position (noun)
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat (noun)
Examples
- the disorderly retreat of French troops
- move away, as for privacy (verb)
Examples
- The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) (noun)
See definition of retreats in Merriam Webster