Antonyms for retrograde
ˈrɛ trəˌgreɪdret·ro·grade

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1. • Astronomy
   • Decline
   • Move
   • Orbit
   • Recapitulate
   • Recede

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1. retrogradeadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   direct, progressive, forward, anterograde

   Synonyms:
   retrogressive, retral

2. retrogradeadjective

   of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

   Antonyms:
   direct, anterograde, forward, progressive

   Synonyms:
   retrogressive, retral

3. retrograde, retrogressiveadjective

   going from better to worse

   Antonyms:
   direct, forward, anterograde, progressive

   Synonyms:
   retrogressive, retral

4. retral, retrogradeverb

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

   Antonyms:
   progressive, anterograde, direct, forward

   Synonyms:
   retrogressive, retral

5. retrogradeverb

   move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

   Antonyms:
   anterograde, forward, progressive, direct

   Synonyms:
   rehash, hash over, retrogress, regress, retreat

6. retrogradeverb

   move in a direction contrary to the usual one

   "retrograding planets"

   Antonyms:
   direct, anterograde, forward, progressive

   Synonyms:
   rehash, hash over, retrogress, regress, retreat

7. retrograde, retreatverb

   move back

   "The glacier retrogrades"

   Antonyms:
   direct, forward, progressive, anterograde

   Synonyms:
   draw back, retrogress, withdraw, back away, regress, retire, hash over, back out, crawfish, move back, rehash, retreat, recede, pull away, pull in one's horns, pull back, crawfish out

8. retrograde, rehash, hash oververb

   go back over

   "retrograde arguments"

   Antonyms:
   progressive, direct, forward, anterograde

   Synonyms:
   rehash, hash over, retrogress, regress, retreat

9. regress, retrograde, retrogressverb

   get worse or fall back to a previous condition

   Antonyms:
   direct, anterograde, forward, progressive

   Synonyms:
   return, retreat, retrovert, relapse, hash over, revert, retrogress, fall back, recidivate, turn back, lapse, rehash, regress

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1. retrogradeverb

   Synonyms:
   retrocede, recede, decline, deteriorate

How to use retrograde in a sentence?

1. Edward Gibbon:

   All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

2. Belinda Subraman:

   Night is an abyss at the edge of a footstep, raining anvils in a mercury-retrograde imagination needing chemicals. Fog is a curtain of anticipation. When lifted our way is lit by stars on a high dose of infinity.

3. Virgil:

   Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde.

4. Austin Scott Miller:

   All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde.

5. Mark Milley:

   I just want to be clear – we’re talking about two different missions, the retrograde of troops … that is complete by mid-July, and that was done, actually, without any significant incident. And that’s the handover of 11 bases, the bringing out of a lot of equipment … that was done under the command of Gen. Miller.

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