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29 Adjectives That Start With RET

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Word Definitions Synonyms
retained (adjective) continued in your keeping or use or memory Synonyms: maintained
retaliative (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution Synonyms: retaliatory, retributive, retributory, vindicatory
retaliatory (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution Synonyms: retaliative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory
retarded (adjective) relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
retentive (adjective) good at remembering Synonyms: long, recollective, tenacious
(adjective) having the capacity to retain something
(adjective) having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water
reticent (adjective) temperamentally disinclined to talk Synonyms: untalkative
(adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself Synonyms: retiring, self-effacing
(adjective) cool and formal in manner Synonyms: restrained, unemotional
reticular (adjective) resembling or forming a network Synonyms: reticulate
reticulate (adjective) resembling or forming a network Synonyms: reticular
retinal (adjective) in or relating to the retina of the eye
retired (adjective) no longer active in your work or profession
retiring (adjective) not arrogant or presuming Synonyms: unassuming
(adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office Synonyms: past, preceding
(adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself Synonyms: reticent, self-effacing
retractable (adjective) capable of being retracted
retracted (adjective) drawn back and in
retractile (adjective) capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back
retral (adjective) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction Synonyms: retrograde
(adjective) at or near or toward the posterior
retributive (adjective) given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts Synonyms: retributory, vindicatory
(adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution Synonyms: retaliative, retaliatory, retributory, vindicatory
retributory (adjective) given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts Synonyms: retributive, vindicatory
(adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution Synonyms: retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, vindicatory
retrievable (adjective) capable of being regained especially with effort
retro (adjective) affecting things past Synonyms: ex post facto, retroactive
retroactive (adjective) descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
(adjective) affecting things past Synonyms: ex post facto, retro
retroflex (adjective) bent or curved backward Synonyms: retroflexed
(adjective) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate Synonyms: cacuminal
retroflexed (adjective) bent or curved backward Synonyms: retroflex
retrograde (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
(adjective) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
(adjective) going from better to worse Synonyms: retrogressive
(adjective) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction Synonyms: retral
retrogressive (adjective) going from better to worse Synonyms: retrograde
retrorse (adjective) bent or curved backward or downward
retrospective (adjective) concerned with or related to the past
retrousse (adjective) (used of noses) turned up at the end Synonyms: tip-tilted, upturned
returnable (adjective) that may be returned
returning (adjective) tending to be turned back Synonyms: reversive
(adjective) tending to return to an earlier state Synonyms: reverting

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