RETROGRADE Synonyms

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

• opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state

• of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle

• a relation of direct opposition

• the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

• (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

• turning in the opposite direction

• directed or moving toward the rear

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

• change to the contrary

• turn inside out or upside down

• rule against

• cancel officially

• reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

• (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

• a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

• changing for the worse

• process of changing to an inferior state

• changing something with the result that it becomes worse

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• grow progressively worse

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

• opposed to political or social liberalism or reform

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

• old material that is slightly reworked and used again

• present or use over, with no or few changes

• go back over

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

• at or near or toward the posterior

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

• going from better to worse

• one who adheres to traditional views

• stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded

• go back over