Retrograde Synonyms and Antonyms

rĕtrə-grād
To move in a reverse direction
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retrogress
  2. back
  3. backpedal
  4. backtrack
  5. fall back
  6. regress
  7. retreat
  8. retrocede
Degenerate
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. crumbling
  2. decrepit
  3. rotting
To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retreat
  2. ebb
  3. recede
  4. retract
  5. rehash
  6. retrocede
  7. retrogress
  8. hash over
To become lower in quality, character, or condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. atrophy
  2. decline
  3. degenerate
  4. descend
  5. deteriorate
  6. sink
  7. worsen

Words Related to Retrograde

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Retrograde Sentence Examples

  • A strong retrograde movement set in.

  • About three times a year, Mercury turns retrograde.

  • He had a hand in the negotiations for the Concordat, but, according to Lucien Bonaparte, looked on that measure as "ill-advised and retrograde."

  • What does Mars going retrograde do to all of this?

  • First agriculture, then manufactures, lastly foreign commerce; any other order than this he considers "unnatural and retrograde."

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