Synonyms for Retrogrades:

• v.

  •backpedal (verb)
  • rethink.
  •decline (verb)
  • return,
  • hit the skids,
  • decay,
  • disintegrate,
  • sink,
  • fail,
  • relapse,
  • subside,
  • go to pot,
  • fall,
  • pine,
  • weaken,
  • lower,
  • deteriorate,
  • backslide,
  • droop,
  • decrease,
  • revert,
  • slide,
  • fade,
  • recede,
  • settle,
  • wane,
  • go to the dogs,
  • rot,
  • Disimprove,
  • dwindle,
  • cheapen,
  • degenerate,
  • worsen,
  • shrink,
  • lose value,
  • ebb,
  • flag,
  • abate,
  • retrograde,
  • go downhill,
  • languish,
  • fall off,
  • drop,
  • diminish,
  • sag,
  • lapse,
  • depreciate.
  •deteriorate (verb)
  • decline,
  • debase,
  • injure,
  • descend,
  • lose it,
  • alloy,
  • fall apart,
  • adulterate,
  • impair,
  • deprave,
  • corrupt,
  • be worse for wear,
  • decompose,
  • lessen,
  • lose quality,
  • regress,
  • debilitate,
  • degrade,
  • pervert,
  • become worse,
  • mar,
  • crumble,
  • retrogress,
  • spoil,
  • go to pieces,
  • vitiate,
  • wear away,
  • skid,
  • undermine,
  • corrode,
  • break.
  •die (verb)
  • fade away,
  • molder,
  • slacken,
  • rankle,
  • bate,
  • expire,
  • stop,
  • let up,
  • run out,
  • moderate,
  • disappear,
  • peter out,
  • ease off,
  • fade out,
  • dilapidate,
  • go bad,
  • run low,
  • lose power,
  • end,
  • run down,
  • vanish,
  • halt,
  • melt away,
  • wilt,
  • break down,
  • pass,
  • fizzle out.
  •fall back (verb)
  • give back,
  • yield,
  • withdraw,
  • surrender,
  • retire,
  • back,
  • recoil,
  • Retrocede,
  • draw back.
  •lapse (verb)
  • die,
  • go by,
  • terminate,
  • slip,
  • recidivate,
  • apostatize,
  • elapse,
  • become obsolete,
  • cease.
  •recede (verb)
  • die off,
  • reduce,
  • flow back,
  • depart,
  • drain away,
  • retract,
  • taper,
  • retreat,
  • go back,
  • close,
  • go away.
  •retract (verb)
  • repeal,
  • deny,
  • cancel,
  • disavow,
  • forswear,
  • reel in,
  • back off,
  • rule out,
  • renounce,
  • back down,
  • forget it,
  • pull in,
  • repudiate,
  • sheathe,
  • nig,
  • revoke,
  • eliminate,
  • draw in,
  • recant,
  • call off,
  • change one's mind,
  • welsh,
  • take back,
  • suspend,
  • disown,
  • exclude,
  • eat one's words,
  • renege,
  • countermand,
  • disclaim,
  • abjure,
  • go back on,
  • take in,
  • have change of heart,
  • unsay,
  • pull back,
  • recall,
  • reverse,
  • back out of,
  • rescind.
  •retreat (verb)
  • evacuate,
  • elude,
  • lay down,
  • quail,
  • leave,
  • avoid,
  • disengage,
  • cave in,
  • run,
  • give ground,
  • seclude oneself,
  • escape,
  • go along with,
  • pull out,
  • hide,
  • evade,
  • go,
  • abandon,
  • beat it,
  • fold,
  • reel,
  • relinquish,
  • keep apart,
  • opt out,
  • sequester,
  • back out,
  • vacate,
  • quit,
  • turn tail,
  • start back,
  • backtrack,
  • back away,
  • keep aloof,
  • move back,
  • decamp,
  • hand over.
  •retrocede (verb)
  • drive back,
  • backpedal,
  • repulse,
  • repel,
  • retrace one's steps.
  •revert (verb)
  • turn back,
  • throw back,
  • fall off the wagon,
  • change,
  • inverse,
  • react,
  • about-face,
  • come back,
  • turn,
  • resume,
  • take up where left off,
  • transpose,
  • flip-flop,
  • hark back,
  • recrudesce,
  • invert.
  •rot (verb)
  • fester,
  • debauch,
  • stain,
  • putrefy,
  • perish,
  • demoralize,
  • wither,
  • waste away,
  • warp,
  • taint.
  •sink (verb)
  • waste.
  •summarize (verb)
  • digest,
  • cut back,
  • inventory,
  • put in a nutshell,
  • get to meat,
  • synopsize,
  • rehash,
  • compile,
  • review,
  • abstract,
  • summate,
  • give main points,
  • cipher,
  • recap,
  • outline,
  • cut down,
  • run through,
  • trim,
  • skim,
  • prune,
  • encapsulate,
  • snip,
  • sum,
  • epitomize,
  • cut,
  • recapitulate,
  • boil down,
  • abridge,
  • shorten,
  • pare,
  • sum up,
  • condense.
  •worsen (verb)
  • damage,
  • aggravate,
  • exacerbate,
  • depress,
  • get worse.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • pass by,
  • deteriorating,
  • give,
  • move,
  • opposites,
  • slip by,
  • degenerates,
  • retroversion,
  • worsens,
  • Relapses,
  • backwards,
  • crawfishes,
  • retrogression,
  • overtake,
  • lose,
  • fall back,
  • Contraries,
  • desists,
  • recur,
  • summarizes,
  • retracts,
  • Travels,
  • retires,
  • regresses,
  • lead,
  • retreats,
  • regressive,
  • Dies,
  • deliver,
  • go along,
  • returns,
  • glide by,
  • retrogresses,
  • sinks,
  • failings,
  • Retrogradation,
  • backsliding,
  • Backs,
  • Reactionaries,
  • recedes,
  • goes,
  • backslider,
  • retrogressive,
  • deteriorates,
  • go backwards,
  • withdraws,
  • reverses,
  • rots,
  • orbits,
  • lapses,
  • resign,
  • revolves,
  • retrospectives,
  • reverts,
  • dawdle,
  • happen,
  • rehashes,
  • let slip,
  • declines,
  • declining.

Antonyms for Retrogrades:

• v.

  • decline
    win, extend, laud, enlarge, raise, advance, go up, flourish, strengthen, ascend, progress, compliment, praise, say yes, improve, build, rise, accept, increase, grow, expand, develop, enhance, reach.
  • deteriorate
    cleanse, put together, elevate, heal, fix, assist, purify, join, construct, get better, mend, approve, clean, help, cure, aid, clear.
  • die
    bear, commence, arrive, forward, forge, appear, start, prolong, begin, live, continue, be born.
  • lapse
    restart, take, initiate, go on.
  • recede
    face, meet, enter.
  • retract
    corroborate, welcome, allow, go forward, reaffirm, sanction, agree, enforce, emphasize, permit, include, admit, repeat, acknowledge.
  • retreat
    keep, come, stay, remain, take on.
  • revert
    halt, stop.
  • rot
    unite, upgrade, moralize, combine.
  • sink
    fight, float, brave.
  • summarize
    break down, lengthen, add.
  • worsen
    make happy, soothe, comfort.

Homophones for Retrogrades:

• rider haggard.