Synonyms of the word

retrogressive

• adj. Of or relating to retrogression.
• adj. Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde.

regressive

• adj. That tends to return, revert or regress.
• adj. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the amount increases.

retrograde

• adj. Directed backwards, retreating; reverting especially inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement…
• adj. Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
• adj. (astronomy, of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
• adj. (geology) Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
• n. A degenerate person.
• n. (music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last and…
• v. (intransitive) To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.
• v. (intransitive, astronomy) To show retrogradation.