regressive

Questions about regressive

What does regressive mean?

regressive means "(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in regressive?

regressive has 3 syllables: re-gres-sive. The stress falls on "gres". In IPA it is /ɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/.

What is the opposite of regressive?

The recorded antonyms are progressive, progressive.

Is regressive a common word?

regressive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with regressive?

2 words rhyme with regressive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.