Tom wishes sometimes that he could physically regress to an age of his choice so that people wouldn't look at him with disgust.
Source: tatoeba (9345570)
Regress
//ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs//
Synonyms for "regress" (153 found)
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recidivationrecidivismreclamationreconversionrecur toreentryrefluencerefluxrehabilitationreinstatementrestitutionrestorationretroactionretrocederetrocessionretroflexretroflexionretrogradationretrograderetrogress
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retrogressionretroversionretrovertretrusionreturnreturn toreturningreversalreversereversionrevert torevertingrevulsionriserollbackrotaterunsetbackshiftsickensinksink backslackenslide backslip backslipping backsoarspinsternwaystirstreamsubsidethrow backthrowbacktrailtrail behindtravelturnturnaboutwanewhirlworsenyield again to
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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
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.