The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word RETROGRADE , but the solution may also be REGRESS which is one of the most recent solution (1999 in New York Times).
Move backward crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RETROGRADE | 50 % | 10 |
| REGRESS | 50 % | 7 |
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
RETROGRADE adjective- Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
- Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
- (of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
- (by extension, of a person) A person who opposes social reforms, favoring the maintenance of the status quo, conservative.
- A degenerate person.
- The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
- To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.
- To show retrogradation.
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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
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