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FORWARD-LOOKING Antonyms

9 antonyms for forward-looking. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For FORWARD-LOOKING

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
archaic

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

conservative

adjective

adj

adjective

• resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

noun

• a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

• a member of a Conservative Party

adjective satellite

• having social or political views favoring conservatism

• avoiding excess

• unimaginatively conventional

• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

nostalgic

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

old-fashioned

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• out of fashion

outdated

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• old; no longer valid or fashionable

reactionary

noun, adjective

n, adj

noun

• an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

adjective satellite

• opposed to political or social liberalism or reform

regressive

adjective

adj

adjective

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

• opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state

retrogressive

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• going from better to worse

traditional

adjective

adj

adjective

• consisting of or derived from tradition

adjective satellite

• pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

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