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Synonyms for retrograde
ˈrɛ trəˌgreɪd
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Princeton's WordNet
retrograde(adj)
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
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retrogressive, retralAntonyms:
direct, progressive, forward, anterograderetrograde(adj)
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
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retrogressive, retralAntonyms:
direct, anterograde, forward, progressiveretrograde, retrogressive(adj)
going from better to worse
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retrogressive, retralAntonyms:
direct, forward, anterograde, progressiveretral, retrograde(verb)
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
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retrogressive, retralAntonyms:
progressive, anterograde, direct, forwardretrograde(verb)
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
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rehash, hash over, retrogress, regress, retreatAntonyms:
anterograde, forward, progressive, directretrograde(verb)
move in a direction contrary to the usual one
"retrograding planets"
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rehash, hash over, retrogress, regress, retreatAntonyms:
direct, anterograde, forward, progressiveretrograde, retreat(verb)
move back
"The glacier retrogrades"
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draw back, retrogress, withdraw, back away, regress, retire, hash over, back out, crawfish, move back, rehash, retreat, recede, pull away, pull in one's horns, pull back, crawfish outAntonyms:
direct, forward, progressive, anterograderetrograde, rehash, hash over(verb)
go back over
"retrograde arguments"
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rehash, hash over, retrogress, regress, retreatAntonyms:
progressive, direct, forward, anterograderegress, retrograde, retrogress(verb)
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
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return, retreat, retrovert, relapse, hash over, revert, retrogress, fall back, recidivate, turn back, lapse, rehash, regressAntonyms:
direct, anterograde, forward, progressive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
retrograde(a.)
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backwardretrograde(v. n.)
Synonyms:
retrocede, recede, retire, go or move backward, retrace one's steps
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
retrograde(v)
Synonyms:
retrocede, recede, decline, deteriorate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "retrograde":
backward-looking, backwards, retrogressive, backward, regressive, backwards-looking, reactionary, back
How to use retrograde in a sentence?
This week, while one part of the Japanese government is proudly facilitating international cooperation by hosting the G20 meeting, another is quietly extricating itself from the obligation for global collaboration on the protection and management of the world's whales, japan leaving the IWC and defying international law to pursue its commercial whaling ambitions is renegade, retrograde and myopic....
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
British Prime Minister David Cameron:
If this is part of international action against ISIL (IS) and that appalling terrorist death cult outfit, then that is all to the good, if, on the other hand, this is action against the Free Syrian Army and in defence of Assad the dictator, then obviously that is a retrograde step, but let's see exactly what's happened.
Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde.
It's a retrograde step for our society.
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