| Main Entry: | reflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back |
Synonyms: |
cast, catch, copy, echo, emulate, flash, follow, give forth, imitate, match, mirror, rebound, repeat, repercuss, reply, reproduce, resonate, resound, return, reverberate, reverse, revert, shine, take after, throw back |
| Main Entry: | regress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to earlier way of doing things |
Synonyms: |
backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall away, fall back, fall off, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrogress, revert, roll back, sink, throw back, turn back |
Antonyms: |
develop, grow, progress |
| Main Entry: | repulse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push away |
Synonyms: |
beat off, brush off, check, defeat, drive back, fend off, fight off, heave-ho, hold off, keep off, kick in the teeth, nix, overthrow, push back, put down, rebuff, rebut, reject, repel, resist, set back, stave off, throw back, ward off |
Antonyms: |
attract, enchant |
| 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, fall off the wagon, flip-flop, go back, hark back, inverse, invert, lapse, react, recrudesce, recur, regress, relapse, resume, retrograde, retrogress, return, take up where left off, throw back, transpose, turn, turn back |
Antonyms: |
develop, grow, progress |