Retrogrades [verb]
Definition of Retrogrades:
become void; fall back into previous pattern
Synonyms of Retrogrades:
● Elapse
● Go by
● Relapse
● Recede
● Expire
● Cease
● Descend
● Subside
● Run out
● Decline
● Return
● Die
● Revert
● Slide
● Slip
● Pass
● End
● Weaken
Opposite/Antonyms of Retrogrades:
● Continue
● Live
● Take
● Accept
● Develop
● Rise
● Start
● Initiate
● Begin
● Restart
● Go on
● Grow
● Improve
● Commence
● Increase
Sentence/Example of Retrogrades:
When a man ceases to work he retrogrades; he becomes a stranger to lofty ideals and wholesome activities.
He either progresses or retrogrades, and no man progresses except by means of steady improvement.
Each new generation must improve upon its parents; else the world stands still or retrogrades.
From being an earnest advocate she advances—or retrogrades—to the status of a plain bore.
If it retrogrades, it is under the control of something else, and loses its independent existence.