Defenition of the word regressive

• Defenition of the word regressive

  • opposing progress
  • (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases
  • opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
  • (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

Similar words in the regressive

• • atavistic
  • backward
  • declining
  • deteriorating
  • failing
  • fixed
  • flat
  • graduated
  • regressing
  • retrograde
  • retrogressive
  • returning
  • reverting
  • throwback
  • throwback(a)
  • unmodernised
  • unmodernized

Antonyms for the word regressive

• • progressive

See other words

• • What is do a volte face
  • The definition of go back over the same ground
  • The interpretation of the word do a u-turn
  • What is meant by begin again
  • The lexical meaning front crawl
  • The dictionary meaning of the word dogpaddle
  • The grammatical meaning of the word breaststroke
  • Meaning of the word recants
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word disavow
  • The origin of the word regresses
  • Synonym for the word regressing
  • Antonyms for the word pleasant
  • Homonyms for the word regressed
  • Hyponyms for the word go back to
  • Holonyms for the word deteriorate
  • Hypernyms for the word reversion
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word worsen
  • Translation of the word in other languages relapsed