retrogress
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Sense 2 verb
go back to bad behavior
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
Types & categories
- revert hypernym
Related & opposite
- backsliding derivation
- recidivism derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | progress |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regress |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regressive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogressive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall behind |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backsliding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | recidivism |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | revert |