Synonyms for retrogress
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
Forms
- Past participle
- retrogressed
e.g. retrogressed → regressed, lapsed, relapsed, recidivated…
Example sentences
- lapse Tom began to lapse in and out of consciousness.
- relapse I try to be calmer these days. That outburst was a relapse into my old behavior.
- regress It is quite clear that they are going to make us regress.
- retrograde The US was defeated by the retrograde group of the Taliban.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| retrogress | falling | |
| lapse | falling | |
| relapse | rising | |
| regress | rising | |
| recidivate | rising | |
| retrograde | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- lapse1
- 7 letters
- relapse2, regress2
- 10 letters
- retrograde3, recidivate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relapse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rétrograder
- Italiano
- retrocedere