retrograde - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Synonyms

• regress
• retrograde
• retrogress

More generic

• decline
• worsen

More specific

• drop off
• fall back
• fall behind
• recede

Verb

go back over

Synonyms

• hash over
• rehash
• retrograde

More generic

• recap
• recapitulate

Verb

move back

Synonyms

• retreat
• retrograde

More generic

• draw back
• move back
• pull away
• pull back
• recede
• retire
• retreat
• withdraw

Verb

move in a direction contrary to the usual one

Synonyms

• retrograde

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Verb

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

Synonyms

• retrograde

More generic

• orb
• orbit
• revolve

Adjective

of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

Synonyms

• retrograde

Opposite / Antonyms

• anterograde

Adjective

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

Synonyms

• retral
• retrograde

Related

• backward

Adjective

moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

Synonyms

• retrograde

Opposite / Antonyms

• direct

Adjective

going from better to worse

Synonyms

• retrograde
• retrogressive

Related

• regressive

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