Tom wishes sometimes that he could physically regress to an age of his choice so that people wouldn't look at him with disgust.
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Regress
/ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/
Synonyms for "regress" (178 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (53)
disenchantmentdisimproveebbfallfall again intofall asternfall backfall behindfall from graceflip flopflip-flopflowfollowget behindget overget worsegogo aroundgo backgo backwards
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go behindgo roundgo sidewaysgrow worsegyratehave a relapsejerkjerk backlag behindlapselapse backlet downlose groundmountmovemove overplungeprogresspull backreactionrecederecessionrecidivaterecidivationrecidivism
Verb(3 words)
Related words (89)
reclamationreconversionrecur toreentryrefluencerefluxregressionrehabilitationreinstatementrelapserestitutionrestorationretroactionretrocederetrocessionretroflexretroflexionretrogradationretrograderetrogress
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retrogressionretroversionretrovertretrusionreturnreturn toreturningreversalreversereversionrevertrevert torevertingrevulsionriserollbackrotaterunsetbackshiftsickensinksink backslackenslide backslip backslipping backsoarspinsternwaystirstreamsubsidethrow backthrowbacktrailtrail behindtravelturnturnaboutwanewhirlworsenyield again to
Noun(10 words)
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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
22 entriesabstract thoughtchangechange by reversaldata analysis techniquedeclinedeteriorationlogical thinkingmodeling termphenomenonreasoningretrovertreturnreversalreverserevert
Showing 16 of 22 words.
More specific
12 entriesclinical regressioncognitive declinedevelopmental regressioneconomic backslidingeconomic regressionfunctional declinehealth declinelinear regressionlogistic regressionmultiple regressionpolynomial regressionsimple linear regression
Collocations
10 entriesclinical regressiondevelopmental regressionlinear regressionregress to the meanregression analysisregression lineregression modelregression toward meanspontaneous regressionstatistical regression
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 24 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- рэгрэсі́раваць verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Bulgarian
1 entries- движа се назад verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Catalan
1 entries- retrocedir verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Chinese
1 entries- 退步 verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 退步 verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 退步 verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Dutch
1 entries- teruggaan verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Finnish
3 entries- regressoida verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- regressoitua verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- taantua verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
French
1 entries- régresser verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
German
1 entries- sich zurückbilden verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Greek
1 entries- υποστρέφω verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Hindi
1 entries- अवनति verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Irish
3 entries- aischéimnigh verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- cúlaigh verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- téigh ar gcúl verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Japanese
2 entries- 後退する verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- 退歩する verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Korean
1 entries- 퇴보하다 verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Lithuanian
1 entries- grįžimas verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Macedonian
1 entries- назадува verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Māori
1 entries- tauheke verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Polish
3 entries- cofać verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- uwsteczniać verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- uwsteczniać się verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Portuguese
2 entries- regredir verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- retroceder verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Romanian
1 entries- regresa verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Russian
1 entries- регресси́ровать verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Spanish
2 entries- retroceder verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
- retrogradar verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Ukrainian
1 entries- регресува́ти verb (to move backwards to an earlier stage)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
They will make us regress.
Source: tatoeba (9845354)
It is quite clear that they are going to make us regress.
Source: tatoeba (9845369)
Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.