Related Words for retrograde

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WordSyllablesCategories
regressive
x/x
Adjective
regressing
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Noun, Verb
declining
x/x
Verb, Noun
rehash
x/
Noun, Verb, Noun
deteriorating
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Noun, Adjective
failing
/x
Adjective, Noun
anterograde
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Noun, Noun
antegrade
/xx
Noun, Adverb
reactionary
x/xxx
Adjective
ascendant
x/x
Noun
retrogression
/x/x
Noun
dilatory
/xxx
Adjective
transiting
/xx
Noun
orbit
/x
Noun
planetary
/xxx
Noun
archaic
x/x
Name
outmoded
x/x
Adjective
trine
/
Noun
antiquated
/xxx
Adjective
duplicitous
x/xx
Adjective
antediluvian
/xx/xx
Adjective
venus
/x
Name
reverse
x/
Noun
destructive
x/x
Adjective
progressive
x/x
Adjective
heliocentric
xxx/x
Noun
chauvinistic
xx/x
Adjective
uranus
/xx
Name
sclerotic
x/x
Noun
oppressive
x/x
Adjective
fixation
x/x
Noun
tortuous
/xx
Adjective
interplanetary
xx/xxx
Noun
polarity
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Noun
revolutionary
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Noun
retentive
x/x
Adjective
spasmodic
x/x
Adjective
pernicious
x/x
Adjective
misogynistic
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Adjective
chiron
xx
Name
cerebral
/xx
Adjective
abortive
x/x
Adjective
back
/
Adverb
recede
x/
Verb
retrospective
xx/x
Adjective
reverted
x/x
Verb
rearward
/x
Adjective
retro
/x
Noun
recessive
x/x
Adjective
reversal
x/x
Noun
recurrent
x/x
Adjective
backsliding
/xx
Noun
retroactive
xx/x
Adjective
reentrant
x/x
Adjective
reversionary
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Adjective
to and fro
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Phrase, Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
reverberate
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Noun
reorient
x/xx
Verb
retracted
x/x
Verb
reflective
x/x
Adjective
reflected
x/x
Verb
resurgent
x/x
Noun
back to front
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Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
prodigal
/xx
Noun
restorative
x/xx
Adjective
recursive
x/x
Adjective
rearview
/x
Noun
realigning
xx/x
Verb
lent
/
Verb
amnesia
x/x
Noun
ejaculation
xxx/x
Noun
tracing
/x
Verb
vernier
/xx
Noun
axonal
/xx
Noun
ivp
/
Name
conduction
x/x
Noun
metamorphism
xx/xx
Noun
menstruation
xx/x
Noun
nailing
/x
Noun
tracer
/x
Noun
intussusception
x/x/x
Noun
turns
/
Verb
acting
/x
Noun, Adjective
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
affirmative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
assembling
x/xx
Noun
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
becoming
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
calculation
xx/x
Noun
centripetal
/x/x
Adjective
come along
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
computation
xx/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
crooked
/x
Adjective
darkness
/x
Noun
decay
x/
Noun, Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drop off
//
Phrase, Verb
expansionary
x/xxx
Adjective
fade
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall back
//
Phrase, Verb
fall behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get on
//
Phrase, Verb
harvesting
/xx
Noun
insidious
x/xx
Adjective
killing
/x
Noun, Adjective
leftward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
lose
/
Verb, Noun
onward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
oscillatory
/xxxx
Adjective
outdated
/xx
Adjective
phasic
/x
Adjective
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
proving
/x
Noun
rapid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rejects
x/
Verb
rhythmical
/xx
Adjective
sequential
x/x
Adjective
shape up
//
Phrase, Verb
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
winding
/x
Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
headlines
/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb