Definition:
- (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.
- (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.
- (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
- (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
- (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
Compare retrograde with other words:
retrograde vs. retrograded
degrade vs. retrograde
retrograde vs. retrospect
reactionary vs. retrograde
regress vs. retrograde
retrograde vs. stationary
backward vs. retrograde
retrograde vs. station
retrograde vs. retrogressive
retrograde vs. retrogress
retrograde vs. retrogression
retrogradation vs. retrograde
retrograde vs. revert
retire vs. retrograde
decline vs. retrograde
backwards vs. retrograde
recede vs. retrograde
move vs. retrograde
melody vs. retrograde
degenerate vs. retrograde
retrograde vs. spin
opposite vs. retrograde
outcome vs. retrograde
desire vs. retrograde
motion vs. retrograde
permutation vs. retrograde