retrogressive

1. 1.

   going from better to worse

   Synonymsretrograde

   Similarregressive

Questions about retrogressive

What does retrogressive mean?

retrogressive means "going from better to worse".

How many syllables are in retrogressive?

retrogressive has 4 syllables: re-tro-gres-sive. The stress falls on "tro".

What is another word for retrogressive?

Close synonyms include retrograde. 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.

Is retrogressive a common word?

retrogressive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.