climb-down

Questions about climb-down

What is another word for climb-down?

It depends which climb-down you mean. In the sense “a retraction of a previously held position”, the synonyms are withdrawal, backdown. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of climb-down?

WordNet records no antonym for climb-down. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for climb-down come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of climb-down

• Full entry for climb-downAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for climb-downWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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