retrogress

ret·ro·gress

verb \ˌre-trə-ˈgres\

Definition of RETROGRESS

intransitive verb

: to move backward : revert

Examples of RETROGRESS

1. <the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect>

Origin of RETROGRESS

Latin retrogressus, past participle of retrogradi

First Known Use: 1819

Related to RETROGRESS

Synonyms: regress, return, revert

Antonyms: advance, develop, evolve, progress

Related Words: backslide, lapse, relapse; throw back; ebb; decline, degenerate, drop, fall, retrograde, worsen

Near Antonyms: grow, mature, ripen

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Rhymes with RETROGRESS

ABS, acquiesce, baroness, bitter cress, CBS, coalesce, convalesce, crown princess, DES, decompress, deliquesce, derepress, dispossess, due process, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, full-court press, gentilesse, granny dress, in-process, inverness, Inverness, less and less, letterpress, luminesce, Lyonnesse, minidress, more or less, nonetheless, obsolesce, otherguess, overdress, pennycress, phosphoresce, politesse, prepossess, preprocess, recrudesce, repossess, reprocess, second-guess, SOS, sweaterdress, underdress, watercress, window-dress, word process