retrograde

1. 1.

   moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

   Antonymsdirect

   astronomy

2. 2.

   of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

   Antonymsanterograde
3. 3.

   going from better to worse

   Synonymsretrogressive

   Similarregressive
4. 4.

   moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

   Synonymsretral

   Similarbackward

Other forms of retrograde

past tense

retrograded·

present participle

retrograding·

third person

retrogrades·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retrograde

What does retrograde mean?

retrograde means "move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retrograde?

retrograde has 3 syllables: ret-ro-grade. The stress falls on "ret". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/.

What is another word for retrograde?

Close synonyms include retreat, rehash, hash over, regress, retrogress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of retrograde?

The recorded antonyms are direct, anterograde.

Is retrograde a common word?

retrograde 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 retrograde?

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