retrograde

verbs

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

retrograde

is a type of (narrower)

move in an orbit

"The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

orb, orbit, revolve

move in a direction contrary to the usual one

"retrograding planets"

retrograde

is a type of (narrower)

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

"How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

go, locomote, move, travel

move back

"The glacier retrogrades"

retreat, retrograde

go back over

"retrograde arguments"

hash over, rehash, retrograde

get worse or fall back to a previous condition

regress, retrograde, retrogress

adjectives

moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

retrograde

antonym

direct

domain category

the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

astronomy, uranology

of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

retrograde

antonym

anterograde

is an attribute of

a relation involving time

temporal relation

going from better to worse

retrograde, retrogressive

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

retral, retrograde