Regress Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-grĕs
To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retrogress
  2. backslide
  3. lapse
  4. relapse
  5. retrograde
  6. revert
Antonyms:
  1. progress
  2. improve
  3. grow
  4. develop
Returning to a former state
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. regression
  2. retrogression
  3. recidivation
  4. reasoning backward
  5. reversion
  6. retrogradation
  7. retroversion
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. recidivous
  2. retrogressive

Words Related to Regress

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Regress Sentence Examples

  • Additionally, if a parent pushes a child towards any type of learning, the child may rebel and may even actually regress.

  • And while many autistic children show signs of autism from birth, some seem to develop normally but then regress after their first year.

  • Repeat the multiple regression, but this time include gender as a predictor variable in the REGRESS command.

  • This becomes necessary only if the disease has reached a certain, well defined stage, as the milder forms often regress spontaneously.

  • In what ways are chains of failures of technical fixes historically connected to chains of attempts to escape the experimenter 's regress?

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