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PROGRESS Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word progress. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PROGRESS

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regress
verbv
noun

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

• returning to a former state

verb

• 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

retrogress
verbv
verb

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

backslide
verb, nounv, n
verb

• drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

decay
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

verb

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

decline
verb, nounv, n
noun

• 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

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

deteriorate
verbv
verb

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

fail
verb, nounv, n
verb

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• be unsuccessful

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• stop operating or functioning

• be unable

• judge unacceptable

• fail to get a passing grade

• fall short in what is expected

• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

• prove insufficient

• deteriorate

retrograde
noun, adjectiven, adj
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

• of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

adjective satellite

• going from better to worse

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

verb

• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

• move in a direction contrary to the usual one

• move back

• go back over

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

stagnate
verbv
verb

• stand still

• cause to stagnate

• cease to flow; stand without moving

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

weaken
verbv
verb

• lessen the strength of

• become weaker

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

• lessen in force or effect

Alternatives for REGRESS

Alternatives for RETROGRESS

Alternatives for BACKSLIDE

Alternatives for DECAY

Alternatives for DECLINE

Alternatives for DETERIORATE

Alternatives for FAIL

Alternatives for RETROGRADE

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