Antonyms for advance

ahead in position or time:

behind, after, last, later.

advance:

impede, put back, retard, recession, hinder, retreat.

forward movement:

failure, decline, halt, impediment, block, recession, stop, hindrance, withdrawal, stagnation, hesitation, retreat, retrogression.

improvement, progress in development:

loss, decrease, stoppage, Diminishment.

noun:

degeneration, retraction, impediment, turnabout, Languishment, decrease, sinking, turnaround, failing, reduction, downgrade, middle, setback, impairment, flagging, pull back, late, hindrance, lessening, pull away, collapse, deterioration, reflux, drawback, ebb, slowing, detriment, about-face, retrogression, recess, lapse, stumbling block, disablement, move back, decay, regression, crash, return, breakdown, declension, worsening, ebbing, shortcoming, decadence, backwash, draw back, glitch, reversal, weakening, reverse.

give money beforehand:

borrow.

increase in amount, number, or position:

fail, diminish, lower, lose, lessen, reduce, spurn, repress.

motion:

recede.

move something forward, often quickly:

hesitate, cease, hinder, recede, back down, retrogress, yield, keep, retard, withdraw, hold, take back, turn.

promote or propose an idea:

hide, discourage, refrain, hurt, prevent, dissuade, withhold, conceal, take.

Paraphrases for Advance:

• Adjective :
  accelerating, advanced, advancement, advances, affected, aft, anticipated, anticipatory, Avant, committal, complete, conducive, cutting-edge, deferred, developed, developmental, early-, encouraged, encouraging, essential, ex-ante, expected, exploratory, fast, first-phase, forecasted, foregone, foremost, foreplay, forward, forward-looking, foster, fostering, front-end, front-line, future, gross-up, high-tech, Imprest, improve, indicative, introductory, late, later, lead, leading, leading-edge, markup, mature, necessary, opening, Pioneering, Pre-, pre-arrival, pre-award, pre-clearance, pre-congress, pre-determined, Pre-election, pre-employment, pre-emptive, Pre-established, pre-existing, pre-filing, pre-hearing, pre-installed, pre-market, pre-meeting, pre-paid, pre-printed, pre-published, pre-registration, pre-removal, pre-requisite, pre-session, pre-sessional, pre-submission, pre-term, pre-test, pre-trial, precautionary, preconceived, precursor, preemptive, preliminary, premature, preparation, preparatory, prepayment, prerequisite, preset, pretrial, preventative, preventive, primary, pro-active, proactive, progress, progressive, promote, Promoting, promotional, propelling, reconnaissance, requisite, rolling, screening, screening-level, silent, sine, snap, sophisticated, state-of-the-art, stimulating, suggested, timely, underway, up-front, upstream.
• Adverb :
  ahead, beforehand, forward.
• Interjection :
  ahead, away, forward, heave, onward.
• Noun, plural :
  accomplishments, Achievements, advancement, advancements, breakthroughs, briefings, developments, Gains, improvements, INROADS, moves, prepayments, proceeds, progress, progresses, steps, STRIDES, successes, Tracks.
• Noun, singular or mass :
  'avancement, accelerate, accelerating, acceleration, accomplishment, achievement, acknowledgement, advancement, advantage, advent, Advocating, ahead, allowance, altitude, amount, ante, anticipation, anticipatory, applicant, appointed, appointment, arrangement, arrival, assemble, asset, assignment, attack, attainment, attendant, Avant, avant-garde, basis, BEF, beginning, benefit, betterment, bonus, boot, Breaching, break, break-through, breakthrough, Bureaux, career, case, cash, caster, catalyst, catch-up, certificate, chance, change, Cit, claim, class, commencement, completion, conclusion, condition, consent, consequence, consideration, consignment, consolidation, contact, contemplation, context, contingency, contrary, course, cushion, date, deadline, deal, definition, departure, depth, desk, detail, developed, development, difference, diligence, direction, discovery, distance, drive, driving, edge, encouraging, encroachment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, eve, evolution, excellence, expansion, expectation, exploratory, extent, face, facie, facilitation, fact, factor, feasibility, filing, forecast, forefront, foreplay, foretaste, formulation, forward, fostering, foundation, front-runner, frontloading, fulfilment, furtherance, future, game, glance, go, graduate, gross-up, heading, Headwater, headway, help, hurry, ignition, imam, impetus, implementation, Imprest, improve, improvement, inadmissibility, inception, incidence, increase, increment, initiation, initiative, innovation, input, install, instalment, intelligence, introductory, journey, lateness, launch, launching, lead, lead-up, leap, leaving, level, leverage, loan, log, manner, margin, mark-up, markup, mat, meantime, media, milestone, mind, momentum, morning, motion, movement, Non-payment, nose, notification, offensive, omen, onset, onward, opening, opportunity, outlook, outpost, outset, pace, pack, pad, pass, passage, path, payment, penetration, period, phase, pinch, pioneer, place, planning, point, Pre-, pre-condition, pre-financing, pre-market, pre-requisite, pre-session, pre-sessional, pre-test, pre-trial, preamble, precedence, precedent, precondition, precursor, preference, prefinancing, prejudgement, prejudice, preliminary, prelude, premise, preparation, preparatory, preparedness, Preparing, prepayment, prerequisite, presentation, presidency, preventative, preventive, preview, prevision, prima, primary, principle, priori, priority, proactive, process, prognosis, progress, progression, prominence, promote, promoter, Promoting, prompts, propagation, propelling, proposal, propulsion, prospect, prosperity, provident, pull, reach, readiness, realisation, realization, receipt, Receiving, reception, recognition, reconnaissance, refund, requirement, requisite, restitution, result, retainer, retention, road, run-up, scan, schedule, scoping, screening, service, setting, severance, shelf, sign, signature, signing, sneak, sooner, sophistication, spearhead, speed, stage, start, starting, step, straightaway, strengthening, submission, sum, superiority, supplement, supremacy, surcharge, theory, threshold, thrust, timing, tip, top-up, transition, triangle, upgrading, upriver, upstream, use, vanguard, victory, vista, waiting, walking, warning, way, well-being.
• Proper noun, singular :
  Achievements, advanced, advancement, advancements, advancing, Advocating, ahead, anticipated, anticipation, assurance, assurances, avance, Avant, breakthrough, class, conditional, developed, development, developments, directions, drive, encouraging, enhancement, expand, expected, exploratory, facilitation, files, forecast, forecasts, forward, foster, fostering, Furthering, Gives, go, guaranteed, Guarantees, holds, improve, improvement, improvements, increase, increases, introduces, introductory, launches, lead, leading, leads, masters, movement, notices, notification, notifications, onward, opening, Opportunities, Pre-, pre-hearing, pre-trial, precedent, precursor, preliminary, preparation, preparatory, prepayment, prerequisite, prerequisites, preview, previously, progress, progression, progressive, promote, promotes, Promoting, promotional, promotions, prompts, propulsion, reinforce, rolls, screening, silent, start, statements, stimulating, strategies, strengthen, strengthening, STRIDES, submit, supporting, supports, tops, triangle.
• Verb, 3rd person singular present :
  advocates, depends, encourages, extends, facilitates, favours, files, foster, fostering, fosters, Gives, Grants, increase, introduces, launches, Lodged, prerequisites, progresses, promote, promotes, proposes, provide, strengthening, supporting, supports.
• Verb, base form :
  accede, accelerate, accommodate, accomplish, achievement, add, address, advancement, advertise, affect, allay, allege, alleviate, allow, alter, ameliorate, answer, anticipate, approximate, argue, arouse, arrange, arrive, articulate, assert, assume, attack, attain, attainment, attract, augment, be, begin, benefit, bolster, bridge, Catalyse, change, claim, communicate, complement, complete, comply, conclude, concretize, connect, constitute, convey, cope, cultivate, damage, deal, deepen, defence, defend, deliver, demonstrate, describe, design, determine, development, devise, discharge, display, disseminate, draw, drive, ease, elaborate, elevate, elicit, embark, emphasize, enact, energize, enforce, engage, engender, enhancement, enlarge, enrich, enter, entrench, escalate, establish, execute, expand, expedite, explain, explore, expose, express, face, fast-track, favor, fight, finalize, find, fine-tune, flourish, focus, foment, forecast, foresee, forestall, formerly, formulate, forward, foster, fostering, fuel, fulfil, fulfill, fulfilment, furnish, Furthering, galvanise, galvanize, generate, give, go, grow, guard, happen, hasten, heighten, help, highlight, hone, imam, impel, implement, impose, improve, incorporate, increase, induce, influence, inform, initiate, inspire, instigate, institute, investigate, invigorate, invite, invoke, jump-start, jumpstart, kick-start, launch, lay, lead, leave, lend, leverage, lift, lobby, lodge, match, materialize, mature, maximize, mobilize, navigate, nominate, operate, operationalize, outstrip, pass, perfect, perform, place, point, post, postpone, pre-empt, precede, prejudge, prejudice, preliminary, press, probe, produce, profit, progress, promote, prompt, propel, prosper, prove, provide, publicise, publicize, puff, pump-prime, reach, realise, realize, recommend, reconcile, recover, reinforce, reply, represent, respond, result, resume, revive, satisfy, sell, send, service, shoulder, show, sit, solidify, spare, speak, spearhead, speed, spend, start, steer, step, strengthen, stress, strive, submit, substantiate, succeed, sue, supporting, tackle, take, thrive, transform, translate, transmit, travel, tread, trigger, undergo, underline, underpin, undertake, unleash, uphold, urge, use, venture, vindicate, voice, wage, wear, widen, work, write.
• Verb, gerund or present participle :
  Anticipating, arguing, breaking, conducting, creeping, Expecting, fostering, Furthering, going, jumping, opening, preliminary, Progressing, pushing, screening, spearheading, standing, Stepping, Suggesting, upgrading, walking, warning.
• Verb, non-3rd person singular present :
  're, achievement, add, advancement, advertise, ahead, allege, allow, AM, argue, assert, attainment, benefit, claim, defence, defend, deliver, drive, expand, favor, foment, foresaw, forward, give, go, grow, help, improve, increase, lead, lend, pass, preparatory, promote, provide, reach, realize, reinforce, represent, spend, start, step, strengthen, strive, submit, take, urge, widen, work.
• Verb, past participle :
  Argued, predetermined, Progressed, suggested.
• Verb, past tense :
  alleged, Argued, asserted, Cautioned, Cited, Claimed, Contended, encouraged, encouraging, foster, fostered, fostering, helping, increase, Progressed, promote, Promoting, Prosecuted, Speculated, stated, suggested, supported, supporting.