Dictionary Check: retrograde

"retrograde" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 13 points

Definition

adjective

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

Antonyms:
adjective

of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

Antonyms:
adjective

going from better to worse

Synonyms:
adjective

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

Synonyms:
verb

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

verb

move in a direction contrary to the usual one

Example: "retrograding planets"

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