Antonyms for regress
rɪˈgrɛs; ˈri grɛsregress

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1. regressverb

   Antonyms:
   progress, proceed

   Synonyms:
   backslide

2. regressverb

   To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

   What is the progress or regress of man?

   Antonyms:
   proceed, progress

   Synonyms:
   backslide

3. regressverb

   To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

   When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those Y.

   Synonyms:
   backslide

   Antonyms:
   progress, proceed

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Reasoning
   • Revert

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1. regress, reasoning backwardnoun

   the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

   Antonyms:
   get on, progress, come along, get along, shape up, come on, advance

   Synonyms:
   reversion, retrogression, reasoning backward, regression, retroversion

2. regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversionverb

   returning to a former state

   Antonyms:
   get on, come along, get along, come on, shape up, advance, progress

   Synonyms:
   infantile fixation, lapse, simple regression, reversal, regression toward the mean, fixation, turnaround, arrested development, relapsing, retrogression, retroflection, reasoning backward, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, reverse, atavism, turnabout, reverting, relapse, statistical regression, retroversion, degeneration, reversion, retroflexion

3. regressverb

   go back to a statistical means

   Antonyms:
   get along, come on, progress, advance, come along, shape up, get on

   Synonyms:
   return, retrovert, relapse, retrograde, revert, retrogress, fall back, recidivate, turn back, lapse

4. revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn backverb

   go back to a previous state

   "We reverted to the old rules"

   Antonyms:
   progress, get on, shape up, come on, get along, come along, advance

   Synonyms:
   reelect, bring back, drive off, retrovert, return, retrograde, reverse, deliver, hold back, recall, refund, hark back, give back, rejoin, invert, drive out, devolve, repay, turn back, come back, relapse, retort, fall, riposte, recidivate, fall back, give, drive away, take back, stop, pass, render, retrogress, lapse, arrest, yield, chase away, dispel, contain, double back, generate, revert, backtrack, run off, check

5. regress, retrograde, retrogressverb

   get worse or fall back to a previous condition

   Antonyms:
   get on, come along, shape up, progress, advance, get along, come on

   Synonyms:
   return, retreat, retrovert, relapse, retrograde, hash over, revert, retrogress, fall back, recidivate, turn back, lapse, rehash

6. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall backverb

   go back to bad behavior

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

   Antonyms:
   progress, advance, come along, get along, get on, come on, shape up

   Synonyms:
   go along, lapse, slip away, recidivate, backslide, retrogress, lag, retrovert, elapse, dawdle, revert, fall back, fall behind, sink, lose, glide by, retrograde, resort, pass, return, slide by, recede, drop off, relapse, slip by, go by, get worse, recur, turn back

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REGRESS

   Synonyms:
   Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study

How to use regress in a sentence?

1. Tom Wind:

   You never want to see the data regress, but we remain optimistic that we're still on a long-term upward trajectory.

2. Rachel Denber:

   I don't think it's fair to expect countries to have perfect transitions overnight, or maybe even in 24 years (since Soviet disintegration in the region, in 1991). But I do think it's fair to expect them to not regress significantly.

3. Maxwell Frost:

   They want good infrastructure, good union jobs, and they understand that the climate crisis is happening now, young folks want to progress, they don't want to regress.

4. George Steiner:

   Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and archive mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement, against that past.

5. Rachel Denber:

   The past year, I would argue, has been the worst on record for human rights in Azerbaijan since the breakup of the Soviet Union, i don't think it's fair to expect countries to have perfect transitions overnight, or maybe even in 24 years (since Soviet disintegration in the region, in 1991). But I do think it's fair to expect them to not regress significantly.

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