/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of recessed Find synonyms for: Verb1. recess, put, set, place, pose, position, layusage: put into a recess; "recess lights"2. recess, indentusage: make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"3. adjourn, recess, break up, end, stop, finish, terminate, ceaseusage: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"Adjective1. deep-set, sunken, recessed, hollow (vs. solid)usage: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"2. recessed, concave (vs. convex)usage: resembling an alcoveWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: abscond Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language