Answer to "Move backward" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REGRESS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1999.

Move backward crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
REGRESS	50 %	7
RETROGRADE	50 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Move backward

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• retreat
• recede
• withdraw
• punt
• retreating
• recoil
• retract
• retrograde
• receding
• rout
• draw back
• withdrawing

Crossword Answer definitions

REGRESS noun

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
2. The power or liberty of passing back.
3. In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

REGRESS verb

1. To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. To move from east to west.
3. To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result REGRESS

• Backslide
• Fall back
• Go back
• Go backwards
• Go back.
• Retrograde.
• Withdrawal.
• Turn backward
• Withdrawal
• Move backward

More clues leading to the result RETROGRADE

• Like some orbits
• Like the orbit of Halley's Comet
• Move backward.
• Moving backward.
• Backward; inverse
• Backward
• Go backward
• Moving backward
• Mercury might be in this