retrograde
ADJECTIVEVERB
/rɛtrə,greɪd/
10 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R
retrograde is a valid 10-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1T1R1O1G2R1A1D2E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does retrograde mean?
ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
1
Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
2
Going from better to worse.
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
3
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
4
Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma.
ANTONYMS
VERB · 5 SENSES
1
Go back over.
“retrograde arguments”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Move back.
“The glacier retrogrades”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
3
Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
4
Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies.
BROADER
5
Move in a direction contrary to the usual one.
BROADER