'Retrograde' definitions:
Definition of 'retrograde'
(from WordNet)
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 [ant: direct]
adjective
Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma [ant: anterograde]
adjective
Going from better to worse [syn: retrograde, retrogressive]
adjective
Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction [syn: retral, retrograde]
verb
Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
verb
Move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
verb
Move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: retrograde, retreat]
verb
verb
Get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn: regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up]
Definition of 'Retrograde'
From: GCIDE
- Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. r['e]trograder.]
- 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retrograde'
From: GCIDE
- Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. r['e]trograde. See Grade.]
- 1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. --Hutton. [1913 Webster]
- And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive. "Progressive and not retrograde." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- It is most retrograde to our desire. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retrograde'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aft,
- after,
- aftermost,
- atavistic,
- back,
- backslide,
- backward,
- cock,
- coming apart,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- decadent,
- decline,
- declining,
- degenerate,
- descend,
- deteriorate,
- deteriorating,
- disimprove,
- disintegrate,
- disintegrating,
- draining,
- drooping,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- fading,
- failing,
- fall astern,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- falling,
- flagging,
- fragmenting,
- get behind,
- get worse,
- go backwards,
- go behind,
- going to pieces,
- grow worse,
- hind,
- hinder,
- hindermost,
- hindhand,
- hindmost,
- invert,
- jerk back,
- languishing,
- lapse,
- lapse back,
- let down,
- lose ground,
- marcescent,
- pining,
- posterior,
- postern,
- pull back,
- reactionary,
- rear,
- rearmost,
- rearward,
- recede,
- recessive,
- recidivate,
- recidivist,
- recidivous,
- regress,
- regressive,
- relapse,
- retract,
- retral,
- retreat,
- retroactive,
- retrocede,
- retrocessive,
- retroflex,
- retrogress,
- retrogressive,
- retrorse,
- retroverse,
- retrovert,
- return,
- returnable,
- reverse,
- reversible,
- reversional,
- reversionary,
- revert,
- revertible,
- revulsionary,
- rot,
- shriveling,
- sicken,
- sink,
- sinking,
- slacken,
- sliding,
- slip back,
- slipping,
- slumping,
- subsiding,
- tabetic,
- tail,
- waning,
- wasting,
- wilting,
- withering,
- worsen,
- worsening