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Showing words for REGRESSIVE using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Regressive

regressive

9 Letter Words for Regressive

egressive, rerevises, serveries, vergeress

8 Letter Words for Regressive

grievers, rerevise, reserves, reveries, reverses, reversis, revisers, severers, severies

7 Letter Words for Regressive

greeses, griever, grieves, ivresse, regives, regress, reivers, rerises, reserve, resever, reveres, reverie, reverse, reversi, revisee, reviser, revises, rievers, sergers, serries, servers, severer, siegers, sirrees, sverige, veeries, vergers, versers, virgers

6 Letter Words for Regressive

eerier, egress, essive, everse, gerres, gerris, givees, givers, greese, greeve, greses, greves, grieve, reeves, regive, reises, reiver, reives, rerigs, rerise, resees, revere, revers, revies, revise, riever, rieves, risers, risser, rivers, serger, serges, series, serres, server, serves, severe, severs, sevier, sevres, sieger, sieges, siever, sieves, sirree, sivers, vegies, verger, verges, verier, verser, verses, virger, virges

5 Letter Words for Regressive

eerie, egers, erses, esere, essee, evese, geese, geres, gesse, girrs, girse, givee, giver, gives, grees, grese, greve, irreg, isere, reese, reeve, reges, regie, reive, reree, rerig, resee, rever, revie, rieve, riser, rises, river, rives, seege, seers, seige, seirs, seise, serer, seres, serge, serre, serrs, serve, sever, siege, sieve, sires, siver, veers, veges, vegie, verge, vergi, verre, verse, viers, virge, vises

4 Letter Words for Regressive

eger, eire, erer, eres, ergs, erie, eris, errs, erse, eses, esse, ever, eves, geer, gees, geir, gere, gers, gess, gies, gire, girr, gise, give, gree, gris, ieee, ires, rees, regr, regs, reve, revs, rier, ries, rigs, rise, rive, seer, sees, segs, seir, seis, sere, serg, serr, sers, serv, sese, seve, sier, sire, sirs, sise, sris, svgs, veer, vees, veri, vers, vese, vier, vies, vigs, vise, viss

3 Letter Words for Regressive

eeg, eer, eir, ere, erg, err, ers, ese, esr, ess, eve, evg, gee, ger, gie, gis, grr, grs, ire, irs, ise, ive, ree, reg, rei, res, rev, rie, rig, riv, see, seg, sei, ser, sie, sig, sir, sis, sri, sse, vee, veg, vei, ver, vie, vig, vis, vss

Definitions for Regressive

[1] regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
[2] Biology . of, relating to, or effecting regression.
[3] (of tax) decreasing proportionately with an increase in the tax base.
[4] Logic . obtained from or characterized by backward reasoning.
[5] regressing or tending to regress
[6] (of a tax or tax system) levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases See progressive (def. 5)
[7] of, relating to, or characteristic of regression

Words related to Regressive

rightist, rigid, counterrevolutionary, right, obscurantist, Tory, rearward, back, receding, converse, inverted, everted, turned, die-hard, orthodox, traditional, retrogressive, traditionalistic, old-line, standpat

Words nearby Regressive

regrate, regreet, regress, regression, regression analysis, regressive, regressive assimilation, regressive staining, regressive tax, regret, regretful

Origin of Regressive

First recorded in 1625–35; regress + -ive

Other words from Regressive

re·gres·sive·ly , adverb
re·gres·sive·ness , re·gres·siv·i·ty [ree-gre-siv -i-tee] /ˌri grɛˈsɪv ɪ ti/ , noun
non·re·gres·sive , adjective
non·re·gres·sive·ly , adverb
un·re·gres·sive , adjective
un·re·gres·sive·ly , adverb
un·re·gres·sive·ness , noun
re•gres′ sive•ness n.

Synonyms for Regressive

counterrevolutionary, rightist, rigid, Tory, obscurantist, right, die-hard, old-line, orthodox, retrogressive, standpat, traditional, traditionalistic