regressive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
Related & opposite
- progressive antonym
- taxation domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
Related & opposite
- backward also see
- progressive antonym
- retrogress derivation
- atavistic similar to
- retrogressive similar to
- reverting similar to
- unmodernized similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | progressive |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | taxation |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | backward |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | progressive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogress |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | atavistic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | retrogressive |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | reverting |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unmodernized |