retract

Other forms of retract

past tense

retracted·

present participle

retracting·

third person

retracts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retract

What does retract mean?

retract means "formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retract?

retract has 2 syllables: re-tract. The stress falls on "tract". In IPA it is /ɹiˈtɹækt/.

What is another word for retract?

Close synonyms include abjure, recant, forswear, resile, shrink back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retract a common word?

retract is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with retract?

8 words rhyme with retract. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.