retroactive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
Related & opposite
- proactive antonym
- psychology domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
affecting things past
retroactive tax increase
Related & opposite
- retro derivation
- retrospective similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | proactive |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychology |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | retro |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | retrospective |