BACKSLIDES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of backslide

as in relapses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of backslide

as in lapses

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Noun

Days before, Barclays cut its forecast for the drug's peak sales after detailed results from two late-stage trials showed the drug had reduced relapses in MS patients by less than analysts expected.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
As more details came out, the sad truth of Perry’s relapses and drug hustle emerged.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of relapses

Verb

Rather than imagine the ways these characters might have evolved over nearly 30 years, the script by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel regresses the women in order to retread many of the beats of the original film.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
The immortal being who’d called himself a god just moments prior regresses into his stuttering, childhood self.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of regresses

Verb

Commuting a person on death row reverts their sentence to life without parole.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
On Housewives, story lines grow tired and repetitive, and attempts to shake up the dynamics inevitably fall flat as the show reverts back to a familiar staleness.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of reverts

Verb

The Heat now returns home, but the competition is about to get tougher.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
The Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (ITBE) market of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) returns for its 25th edition at the 30th edition of the Estonian fest.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of returns

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