Defenition of the word retrograde

• Defenition of the word retrograde

  • going from better to worse
  • get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition
  • moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
  • of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
  • (astronomy) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
  • move in a direction contrary to the usual one; of stars and planets
  • move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
  • go back over; "retrograde arguments"
  • move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
  • move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
  • moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
  • get worse or fall back to a previous condition
  • go back over
  • move back
  • move in a direction contrary to the usual one

Synonyms for the word retrograde

• • declining
  • deteriorating
  • failing
  • regress
  • regressing
  • rehash
  • retral
  • retreat
  • retrogress
  • retrogressive

Similar words in the retrograde

• • backward
  • regressive

Hyponyms for the word retrograde

• • drop off
  • fall back
  • fall behind
  • lose
  • recede

Hypernyms for the word retrograde

• • decline
  • draw back
  • fall back
  • go
  • locomote
  • move
  • move back
  • orb
  • orbit
  • pull away
  • pull back
  • recap
  • recapitulate
  • recede
  • retire
  • retreat
  • revolve
  • travel
  • withdraw
  • worsen

Antonyms for the word retrograde

• • advance
  • anterograde
  • come along
  • come on
  • direct
  • get along
  • get on
  • progress
  • shape up

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