Synonyms for Regressive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • regressive.
  •backward (adjective)
  • abaft,
  • in reverse,
  • about,
  • inverted,
  • rearward,
  • turned around,
  • aback,
  • behind,
  • astern,
  • back.
  •mossbacked (adjective)
  • ultraconservative.
  •reactionary (adjective)
  • obscurantist,
  • orthodox,
  • rightist,
  • standpat,
  • die-hard,
  • traditionalistic,
  • die hard,
  • tory,
  • old-line,
  • right,
  • oldline,
  • traditional,
  • old line,
  • mossbacked,
  • rigid,
  • counterrevolutionary,
  • counter-revolutionary.
  •recessive (adjective)
  • dormant,
  • retreating,
  • fleeing,
  • recessive,
  • relapsing,
  • suspended,
  • backsliding,
  • receding,
  • inactive,
  • latent.
  •regressive (adjective)
  • declining,
  • backward.
  •relapsed (adjective)
  • lapsed,
  • Relapsed,
  • recurrent,
  • recidivist.
  •reversed (adjective)
  • inside out,
  • transposed,
  • opposite,
  • converse,
  • turned.

• n.

  •
  • complex,
  • fixation,
  • conditioning,
  • delusion,
  • exorcism,
  • fixated,
  • catharsis,
  • defense mechanism,
  • damage,
  • defense.
  •atavistic (noun)
  • atavistic.
  •deteriorating (noun)
  • deteriorating.
  •failing (noun)
  • failing.
  •fixed (noun)
  • fixed.
  •flat (noun)
  • flat.
  •graduated (noun)
  • graduated.
  •old fashioned (noun)
  • archaic,
  • old fashioned,
  • dated,
  • out,
  • primitive,
  • Old World,
  • antiquated,
  • old-time,
  • low-tech,
  • obsolete.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • descend,
  • unmodernized,
  • passing,
  • reflection,
  • turn,
  • returning,
  • fall back,
  • Languishing,
  • reversionary,
  • revertible,
  • diminishing,
  • streaming,
  • falling,
  • axial,
  • decline,
  • flying,
  • reflex,
  • cracking,
  • descending,
  • dwindle,
  • drooping,
  • recede,
  • sinking,
  • fading,
  • secede,
  • degenerate,
  • retrorse,
  • decadent,
  • apostate,
  • backwards,
  • returnable,
  • coming apart,
  • decreasing,
  • effete,
  • return,
  • downward,
  • running,
  • going,
  • withering,
  • revert,
  • ebbing,
  • waning,
  • Disintegrating,
  • lapsing,
  • Recrudescent,
  • rising,
  • recidivate,
  • retrogress,
  • rotational,
  • sink,
  • crab-like,
  • slipping,
  • reversible,
  • Shriveling,
  • balky,
  • conservative,
  • fragmenting,
  • rotatory,
  • rotary,
  • flowing,
  • unmodernised,
  • rushing,
  • dwindling,
  • soaring,
  • retroactive,
  • drop away,
  • flagging,
  • pass,
  • fluent,
  • regressing,
  • worsening,
  • regress,
  • Slumping,
  • backslide,
  • reflexion,
  • mounting,
  • wilting,
  • Gyratory,
  • depart,
  • Crumbling,
  • fail,
  • reverse,
  • wasting,
  • pining,
  • Recidivous,
  • retroverse,
  • gyrational,
  • Refluent,
  • sideward,
  • fall,
  • reflowing,
  • resilient,
  • relapse,
  • Revulsive,
  • draining,
  • subsiding,
  • fall away,
  • sliding,
  • ascending,
  • Plunging,
  • reverting,
  • retire,
  • Marcescent,
  • upward,
  • Tabetic,
  • drifting,
  • back-flowing,
  • lapse,
  • throwback.

Paraphrases for Regressive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    retrogressive, retrograde, backward.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    backwards, downward, negative.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    reactionary, backward-looking, degressive, digressive.

Antonyms for Regressive:

• adj.

  • all
    progressive.
  • backward
    ahead, unshy, developing, precocious, smart, to the front, aggressive, intelligent, fast, forward.
  • reactionary
    radical, liberal.
  • recessive
    dominant, overbalancing, prevailing.
  • reversed
    established, ordered, in order.
  • Other antonyms:
    advancing, modernized, degressive, modern, modernised, state of the art, advanced, innovative, forward-looking, forward-moving.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    anterograde, direct.

Homophones for Regressive:

• recursive.