Regresses Synonyms and Antonyms

Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retrogresses
  2. retrogrades
Antonyms:
  1. progresses
  2. develops
  3. grows
  4. improves

Regresses Sentence Examples

  • Try to devise a way of preserving his insights while avoiding the vicious regresses to which he can give rise.

  • By six months of development, this ridge extends all the way down to the groin, but then regresses.

  • Do not be surprised if the child regresses in behavior, such as wetting the bed.

  • Moreover, if your child regresses, or loses abilities, you must consider it a potentially serious problem and insist on a professional evaluation.