400+ Words That Rhyme With RETROGRADE

• reduce the level of land, as by erosion

• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

• lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• software that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• a reservation that is improved

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)

• rate higher; raise in value or esteem

• to improve what was old or outdated

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• get better travel conditions

• give better travel conditions to

• Of sediment, to build out seawards in conditions of marine regression.

• Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.

• Being a metamorphic change resulting from a higher pressure or temperature.

• the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services

• the skilled practice of a practical occupation

• the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers

• a particular instance of buying or selling

• people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

• steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator

• an equal exchange

• engage in the trade of

• turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase

• be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions

• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

• do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

• filled with fear or apprehension

• filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement

• feeling worry or concern or insecurity

• having feelings of aversion or unwillingness

• a body of students who are taught together

• a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

• the gradient of a slope or road or other surface

• one-hundredth of a right angle

• a degree of ablaut

• a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

• the height of the ground on which something stands

• a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

• a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

• assign a rank or rating to

• level to the right gradient

• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

• determine the grade of or assign a grade to

• a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits

• English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)

• walk (through relatively shallow water)

• a sudden short attack

• an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

• enter someone else's territory and take spoils

• take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock

• search for something needed or desired

• a period of 10 years

• the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

• march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

• to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

• occupy in large numbers or live on a host

• penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

• sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice

• (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order

• produced by a manufacturing process

• successful or assured of success

• oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

• make by braiding or interlacing

• decorate with braids or ribbons

• form or weave into a braid or braids

• worn away or tattered along the edges

• represented graphically by sketch or design or lines

• a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

• a succession of stages or operations or processes or units

• a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

• rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

• arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

• a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

• making a false outward show

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends

• rate lower; lower in value or esteem

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

• turn away from by persuasion

• a speech of violent denunciation

• marked by the reception of pay

• involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby

• yielding a fair profit

• (of games) engaged in

• express criticism towards

• win approval or support for

• cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

• a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

• a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

• render unsuitable for passage

• prevent access to by barricading

• block off with barricades

• a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

• any carefree episode

• a procession of people traveling in motor cars

• someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• having deserted a cause or principle

• break with established customs

• fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense

• a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)

• surround with a stockade in order to fortify

• especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

• a dashing young man

• something long and thin resembling a blade of grass

• a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

• a cut of beef from the shoulder blade

• a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)

• the part of the skate that slides on the ice

• flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water

• the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge

• army unit smaller than a division, typically consisting of a small number of battalions

• form or unite into a brigade

• a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

• gradually ceasing to be visible

• become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

• lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

• disappear gradually

• become feeble

• a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile

• a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite

• a woman adulterer

• a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green

• an old or over-worked horse

• of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

• a ceremonial procession including people marching

• an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things

• a visible display

• walk ostentatiously

• march in a procession in a public place

• relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

• protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• a position of relative inferiority

• a slight amount or degree of difference

• a mental representation of some haunting experience

• a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

• a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view

• cast a shadow over

• represent the effect of shade or shadow on

• protect from light, heat, or view

• vary slightly

• pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

• an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding

• Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services.

• To engage in exchanges of this kind.

• a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

• the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

• give help or assistance; be of service

• improve the condition of

• set down according to a plan

• a female domestic

• an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

• half woman and half fish; lives in the sea

• leather with a napped surface

• a fabric made to resemble suede leather

• wear away

• rub hard or scrub

• any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit