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| Main Entry: | regress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to earlier way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall back, fall off, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrogress, revert, sink, fall away, roll back, throw back, turn back |
| Antonyms: | develop, grow, progress |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in reverse direction |
| Synonyms: | fall back, recede, regress, repel, repulse, retire, retract, retreat, reverse, turn tail, withdraw, backtrack, drive back |
| Antonyms: | advance, go forward |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, deteriorate |
| Synonyms: | backslide, corrode, corrupt, decline, decrease, deprave, descend, disintegrate, fall off, go to pieces*, lapse, lessen, regress, retrogress, return, revert, rot, sink, slip, vitiate, worsen, come apart at seams, die on vine, disimprove, go downhill, go to the dogs |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
| Antonyms: | develop, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deteriorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, degenerate |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alloy, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go to pieces*, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, be worse for wear, become worse, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose it, lose quality, wear away |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, develop, improve, get better |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, buckle, cascade, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, go down, gravitate, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane, be precipitated, break down, cave in, drop down, fold up, hit the dirt, nose-dive, take a header, tip over |
| Antonyms: | ascend, climb, rise, scale, go up |
| Main Entry: | recede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw; diminish |
| Synonyms: | abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, diminish, draw back, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, return, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane, die off, drain away, flow back, go away, retrocede |
| Antonyms: | advance, forge, forward, increase |
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate, weaken |
| Synonyms: | backslide, degenerate, fade, fail, fall, fall back, lapse, regress, retrogress, revert, sicken, sink, suffer, worsen, be overcome, be overtaken, recidivate, slide back, slip back, turn back |
| Antonyms: | heal, progress, strengthen, get better |
| Main Entry: | retire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place or responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | begin, enter, join |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull back, go away |
| Synonyms: | abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, beat it, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, go, go back, hand over, hide, leave, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrograde, reverse, run, sequester, shrink, turn tail*, vacate, withdraw, backtrack, cave in, give ground, go along with, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, move back, retrocede, seclude oneself, start back |
| Antonyms: | advance, face, forge, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to an earlier, less-developed condition |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, backslide, change, come back, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, flip-flop*, go back, inverse, invert, lapse, react, recur, regress, relapse, resume, retrograde, retrogress, return, transpose, turn, fall off the wagon, hark back, recrudesce, take up where left off, throw back, turn back |
| Antonyms: | develop, grow, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | setback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, bath*, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difficulty, drawing board, flip-flop*, hindrance, hitch*, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, reversal, reverse, slowdown, stumbling block*, trouble, upset, backset, hold-up, regression, reversal of fortune, whole new ballgame |
| Antonyms: | achievement, advance, blessing, boon, boost, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in, go under |
| Synonyms: | bore, bring down, capsize, couch, decline, depress, descend, dig, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, founder, go down, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, slope, slump, stab, stick, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, wreck, cast down, cave in, demit, force down, go to the bottom, shipwreck, tip over, touch bottom |
| Antonyms: | float, rise |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reverse; change course |
| Synonyms: | about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, recoil, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag, change position, face about, rechannel, redirect, shunt, shy away, volte-face |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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