What is another word for regressive?
194 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪɡɹˈɛsɪv], [ ɹɪɡɹˈɛsɪv], [ ɹ_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]Table of Contents
Similar words for regressive:- all (adjective)
- backward (adjective)
- mossbacked (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- reactionary (adjective)
- recessive (adjective)
- regressive (adjective)
- relapsed (adjective)
- reversed (adjective)
- atavistic (noun)
- deteriorating (noun)
- failing (noun)
- fixed (noun)
- flat (noun)
- graduated (noun)
- old fashioned (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Regressive:
adj.
•all (adjective) •backward (adjective)- abaft,
- in reverse,
- about,
- inverted,
- rearward,
- turned around,
- aback,
- behind,
- astern,
- back.
- retrogressive,
- turned back,
- reactionary,
- reversed,
- Everted,
- ultra-conservative,
- contrariwise,
- degenerative.
- obscurantist,
- orthodox,
- rightist,
- standpat,
- die-hard,
- traditionalistic,
- die hard,
- tory,
- old-line,
- right,
- oldline,
- traditional,
- old line,
- mossbacked,
- rigid,
- counterrevolutionary,
- counter-revolutionary.
n.
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- complex,
- fixation,
- conditioning,
- delusion,
- exorcism,
- fixated,
- catharsis,
- defense mechanism,
- damage,
- defense.
- flat.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words: •Other relevant words (noun):- 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:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
retrogressive, retrograde, backward.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Other Related
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Adjective
reactionary, backward-looking, degressive, digressive.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Regressive:
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adj.
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all
progressive.
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backward
ahead, unshy, developing, precocious, smart, to the front, aggressive, intelligent, fast, forward.
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recessive
dominant, overbalancing, prevailing.
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reversed
established, ordered, in order.
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Other antonyms:
advancing, modernized, degressive, modern, modernised, state of the art, advanced, innovative, forward-looking, forward-moving.
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all
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n.
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other_words
direct, anterograde.
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