English dictionary

retrograde

/'r/E/tr/@/,gr/eI/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

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

adj.all

Antonyms direct

Source: WordNet 3.0
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

adj.all

Antonyms anterograde

Source: WordNet 3.0
Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

adjective

Source: webster1913

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

verb.motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
move in a direction contrary to the usual one

verb.motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
move back

verb.motion

Examples
The glacier retrogrades.

Synonyms retreat

Source: WordNet 3.0
go back over

verb.communication

Examples
Retrograde arguments.

Synonyms hash over rehash

Source: WordNet 3.0
get worse or fall back to a previous condition

verb.change

Synonyms regress retrogress

Antonyms advance come along come on get along get on progress shape up

Source: WordNet 3.0
To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.

verb

Source: webster1913