Regress

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts7 letters

Definition of Regress

noun

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

verb

To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
To move from east to west.
To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
"When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y."

Anagrams of Regress

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 7 letters:

Words You Can Make

37 words can be made from the letters in "regress":

7-LETTER WORDS

6-LETTER WORDS

egress serger serges

5-LETTER WORDS

egers erses grees reges seers serer seres serge

4-LETTER WORDS

eger ergs errs eses gees gree rees regs seer sees segs sere sers

3-LETTER WORDS

ere erg err ers ess gee ree reg res see seg ser

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "regress" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

RE...Words starting with "re"...SSWords ending with "ss"All 7-letter words Unscramble "regress"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

retrogressbackslide

ANTONYMS

advanceproceedprogress

Rhyming Words

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