retroactively

1. 1.

   after the fact

   “he will get paid retroactively”

Questions about retroactively

What does retroactively mean?

retroactively means "after the fact".

How many syllables are in retroactively?

retroactively has 5 syllables: ret-roac-tiv-e-ly. The stress falls on "tiv". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli/.

Is retroactively a common word?

retroactively 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 retroactively?

1 word rhymes with retroactively. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.