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RETROACTIVE Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word retroactive. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For RETROACTIVE

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proactive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

adjective satellite

• (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens

contemporaneous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• occurring in the same period of time

• of the same period

current
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• occurring in or belonging to the present time

noun

• a flow of electricity through a conductor

• a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

forward-looking
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• ahead of the times

immediate
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having no intervening medium

adjective satellite

• of the present time and place

• very close or connected in space or time

• immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

• performed with little or no delay

present
verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj
adjective

• temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration

• being or existing in a specified place

noun

• the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

• something presented as a gift

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

verb

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• bring forward and present to the mind

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• hand over formally

• offer for others to consider

• give, especially as an honor or reward

• give as a present; make a gift of

• deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

• cause to come to know personally

• represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

• present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

• formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.

• recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position

prospective
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or concerned with or related to the future

upcoming
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of the relatively near future

Alternatives for PROACTIVE

Alternatives for CONTEMPORANEOUS

Alternatives for CURRENT

Alternatives for FORWARD-LOOKING

Alternatives for IMMEDIATE

Alternatives for PRESENT

Alternatives for PROSPECTIVE

Alternatives for UPCOMING

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