retrograde
verb
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 verb
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
Types & categories
- orbit hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
move in a direction contrary to the usual one
retrograding planets
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
Related & opposite
- anterograde antonym
- temporal relation attribute
Sense 5 verb
move back
The glacier retrogrades
Types & categories
- retreat hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
going from better to worse
Related & opposite
- retrogress derivation
- regressive similar to
Sense 7 verb
go back over
retrograde arguments
Types & categories
- recap hypernym
Related & opposite
- rehash derivation
Sense 8 adjective
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
Related & opposite
- backward similar to
Sense 9 verb
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Types & categories
- decline hypernym
- fall behind hyponym
Related & opposite
- progress antonym
- regress derivation
- regressive derivation
- retrogressive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | orbit |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | direct |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | anterograde |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | temporal relation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | retreat |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogress |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | regressive |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | rehash |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | recap |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | backward |
| 9 | antonym | Related & opposite | progress |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | regress |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | regressive |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogressive |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall behind |