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Synonyms for retroactive
ˌrɛ troʊˈæk tɪvretroac·tive

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  1. retroactiveadjective

    descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously

    Synonyms:
    ex post facto, retro

    Antonyms:
    prospective, proactive

  2. ex post facto, retroactive, retroadjective

    affecting things past

    "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"

    Synonyms:
    ex post facto, retro

    Antonyms:
    prospective, proactive

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. retroactiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    reflex

  2. retroactiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    retrospective, that affects the past

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "retroactive":

    retroactivity, retrospective, retroactively, retro

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How to use retroactive in a sentence?

  1. Jim Dougherty:

    The biggest surprise was that it was retroactive.

  2. Mariannette Miller-Meeks:

    It’s the American people who pay for loan forgiveness, not the administration, it’s time to call these actions what they are: retroactive free college.

  3. Mitch McConnell:

    I think everyone agrees on a bipartisan basis those are the three things we must do here at the end of the session -- fund the government, make sure we don't have any retroactive tax increases and follow the tradition of many years which is to pass a National Defense Authorization Act, i'm confident the Senate will do that before we depart for the holidays.

  4. Bernie Sanders:

    First thing you do is say, people are not paying a water bill for poison water. And that is retroactive, you are playing three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vermont, for clean water.

  5. Nick Paolucci:

    We are pleased with this reversal, while the Department of Buildings has changed its policy on zoning-lot formation going forward, New York Supreme Court correctly recognized that the change was not retroactive and upheld the City's grant of a permit for this project consistent with previously issued guidance.


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